Laws Against A "No Agenda" Day?

by Cooper on 2/2/2010 3:32:00 PMComment on this

Greetings,

Welcome to the Cooper studio, Jefferson, Iowa, on a sunglasses kind of day---sunglasses, because the sun is glaring off the snow, you understand. Anyway, it's sunshine. I'll take it.

Today's topic is agendas. The need for, the lack of, and the rebellion against.

MANY articles have been written about keeping the nose to the grindstone, you can't become a skilled artist if you don't practice, keeping the diligent artist schedule, five year plans, ten year plans, life goal plans---yes, I am sure we could go on and on, but I don't want to. In fact, today I purposely took a "no agenda" day. Sort of. I guess in reality, I still practiced. I painted. But I did not paint toward either of the upcoming shows. I ignored that pending commission. I pretended that I forgot that study schedule I set for myself. If someone has great expectations for me today, they'd best be looking at the day like me, or they won't get them. :)

Short and simple, I painted fun today. I found a photo reference of two people whose names I don't even know. I cropped it down to where it said ONLY what I wanted it to say. Not what I thought someone else out there might approve of. And then I painted it. In my favorite colors. And too bad for those who think "really, can't she tone that down a bit?" Just for fun.

No Agenda In Sight, acrylic painting on a perfect little 12 inch canvas. Just for fun. Thanks for stopping by!

Later, Cooper

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