The Creativity Project

And now for something completely different…

In October, I set out to transform my room to create an inviting atmosphere. I couldn’t paint my walls, so instead I painted sheets of A3 and tacked them to my wall. As my walls are filling up, the change to the room is incredible.
Things I have learned from this project:

Side benefit #7: Painting is […]

The best way to learn something is by doing it… a lot of it. The more I paint, the more my pictures start to look better than a 3-year old with finger-paint. A large stumbling block in learning new skills is the belief that we need perfect results, and we’re not good enough. […]

The bland white space still holds a majority stakehold, but the project is beginning to have an effect. My habit of staring blankly at the blank wall while lying in bed is already enriched by these few colorful paintings.
It occurred to me though, that the largest source of bland white space in my room […]

Painting is a very educational experience of creating. A picture starts out as a blank sheet of paper, and then is slowly built up. Mistakes can be wiped away and painted over, creating unimagined effects.

A bit more up on the wall… the room still feels bland, but we have progress…

Painting is a unique opportunity watch a picture unfold on the page. Visually, we experience color and tone everywhere, but our mind quickly translates these images into words and concepts to understand and interact with them. Soon as we label an object, “the tree”, “a bus”, “Mr. Anderson”… the unique experience is gone.
One […]

The first step to a project is to get it off the ground. Then you actually have to do the work. But that’s true with anything, right? You have to start somewhere, and then all you can do is take the next step towards your objective.

This painting is the inspiration for the bedroom transformation project. I could pretend that it had some symbolic meaning for the chi flowing into my room, or channeling forgotten voodoo dolls and odd prehistoric roman gods, but alas, no. It just started as a few triangles and circles in my sketchbook, and just […]

My bedroom has always been a bit plain. Unpainted drywall and a not-really-colorful carpet hanging on the wall.
Pleasant in a simple sort of way… but not conducive to creative thinking. So, I have embarked on a project to transform my room. I took an introduction drawing course and painting course in 2002, […]