Question of the Week #48

Going through some of my finished projects I find myself trying to write descriptions for them and feel that just listing the materials used in the composition of the item falls short. Sometimes I want to convey what I was feeling when I was assembling or creating the piece or what I was going for anyway (lol). I find I have trouble doing this and many times when trying to talk or write about my work I find myself stumbling over words, trying to find the right one or just reluctant to talk about the finished piece or my creative process in general. I was raised that talking about yourself at any length (in this case my art) was also known as "tooting your own horn" and was considered a no no. I am working hard to overcome this rule from childhood but it is more difficult at times than I would have thought. In search of some help on the subject I turned to the good old internet for research and found I am far from alone in this curious "word block", there is plenty to read about it.

My favorite idea that I found is to choose your words carefully and use just three words to sum up your project or piece. So far this exercise is helping me focus and write better descriptions AND the added bonus is if I am working on preliminary sketches or notes/ideas on a project I can use my three words to focus even more on what I want to convey with the piece. Those three words aren't "set in stone" but are used more as a "tightening" of the focus of my ideal of the piece.

So, I would like to ask you all to think about applying this 3 word exercise to your work, be it jewelry or painting or sculpture or...

So the questions of the week are:

What emotion or longing you want people to feel when they see your art?

What would be three powerful words you could use to convey the experience of your art?

Can you express it in three words?

OK...Looking forward to hearing your answers!

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Happy Monday to all <3

Shann

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