Originality. I know I have touched on this before, but I feel stuck by it. I don't want to start a project that I know is inspired by another artists/crafters site only to feel that I am doing a poor rendition of it. I feel like I need to spend time incubating ideas to come up with what is original. What is orignial though? I am touched by all that I see in some way and I can't seem to create the truly original idea. Not that I have too really, but I would hate another crafter to feel like I took their idea. It is funny what gets me in a stuck place.
I know that part of this stems from a childhood conversation with my brother who said I was a horrible photographer and my mother said that there were already enough true artists in the family so I shouldn't bother with even trying. With all of that I became a designer and worked in the design field fo years, but then I went on to help establish an art school and am now working in events with my city. Moving farther and farther away from art, but I want to connect with my own artist/craftsperson and create magnificent things.
