Blog - Melissa Dinwiddie | Create the Impossible™ | Innovation Keynote Speaker & Consultant

July 17, 2015

Reaching

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Notice something different? If you’ve been following my daily art posts, you might have been expecting a white background.

Surprise! I thought I’d try working on wood panels!

When Linda suggested the title “Reaching” for this one, it instantly resonated with me. This painting encapsulates the feeling I have when I’m reaching or striving.

Not when I’m striving from an ego place, looking for external validation, but when I’m striving for excellence from a place of fun, exploration, and giving back to the world.

What do you see?

July 17, 2015

LCN 009: BONUS: How to Decide What to Say No To

It’s a bonus episode! You’ve got so many creative ideas — how to decide which ones to say no to? In this episode, I share the approaches that work for me (plus stories about a harmonica and teaching yoga). [Read more…]

July 16, 2015

Snapshot from My Studio: July 16, 2015 at 01:11PM

A little collage… #workinprogress #wip #originalart #abstract #collage #type #yes #mixedmedia #cracklepaste #livingacreativelife #CreativeSandbox101

July 16, 2015

Snapshot from My Studio: July 16, 2015 at 12:54PM

In the spirit of #CreativeSandbox101, I’m playing with even-lower-pressure-than-usual creating. Today this means watercolor postcards, ink, and a wooden skewer.
#workinprogress #wip #originalart #cs101 #creativesandbox #abstract #play #ink #abstract #livingacreativelife

July 16, 2015

Exhuberance

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When I start a painting, typically it’s with no preconceived ideas. I just start making marks, and see where that takes me.

(FYI, this is not my “native” way of working. Well, perhaps it was when I was 4, but as an adult, my work has mostly been very meticulously designed and executed, with the goal of manifesting a Platonic Ideal on the paper or canvas. Working improvisationally is my antidote to the perfectionist paralysis that my previous way of working had me trapped in!)

After I shared this image on Instagram, I asked people for title suggestions, and it was really amusing to discover what people saw in it.

A lot of people saw a hand-waving clown or a funny face. My favorite interpretation, though, was from Alison, who saw a little child in a onesy, crawling off the frame, leaving a trail of… ??? in her or his wake.

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