Corks and her ArtSchool friends decided to do a 12hour straight studio day, they have done 24hour days before which usually yield amazing and deep results. 24hours at this time felt excessive but 12hours felt more doable. I quickly hopped onboard and by 9am I was ready and waiting to start my 12hour StudioDay.
It was my objective to finish some unfinished works, rework some pieces and perhaps start something new if there was time. I managed to finish 3 unfinished works, rework one piece and start one new piece. All of them small pieces but I found after around 9 hours I was getting much deeper, moving from surface kind of work to the deeper soulful work. But boy, it was grueling on my body. To stand / sit and work continuously for that amount of time was hardcore. When I first started my art practice, I was doing days like that and now almost 10 years in, I definitely need more breaks. I only broke really once for a snack, lunch was on the go and I sat down for a quick dinner. The last hour was my most challenging hour.
Holding on tight… like all of us.
It made me realize that I haven’t been spending enough hours on my practice. I kind of skirt around my paintings and skim the surface and I want to spend time going deeper and quite simply that requires time in the seat. I will have to be more mindful about the way I execute that in the physical and practical… regular breaks and stretching but I need to lose myself in the hours.
Since this day… I have done some more days like this with my clay play, more unintentional but I will definitely be planning more intentional days. I know there is such a gift in showing up and giving yourself undivided time.
Thanks Corks and gals, such a great idea, looking forward to the next one.
