Creative Compulsives, gather here!

dixie · 11-08-2009, 11:04 AM

I love to write, anything and everything. I journal and write short stories, poetry and erotica. I do woodworking, usually just small holiday decorations. I paint, wet-on-wet oil technique. I'm an amateur photographer. I cross-stitch, sew and quilt. And I started making jewelry about a year ago. I have a few artistic hobbies, but nothing to really classify me as a serious artist. Just some things I really enjoy.

Jet · 11-08-2009, 11:26 AM

I'm a senior designer and art director with a forte in conceptual design. I also write copy; some things are posted here on BFP.

Bit · 11-08-2009, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dixielady

I have a few artistic hobbies, but nothing to really classify me as a serious artist. Just some things I really enjoy.

I think being an artist is about the way we look at the world as much as anything... and I dunno about you, but for years I could not do much of anything with my hands, especially my drawing and painting (carpal tunnel syndrome), but I didn't stop being an artist for all that.

I think that if you are like me, no matter WHAT happens you will always find a way to make something (in the years when I could do nothing else, I sponge-painted shoeboxes) because the urge to create, to bring beauty, to make something new, to transform--that urge never goes away.

For me personally, whether I make things other people value or not, that urge makes me, creates me, transforms me into a serious artist simply because it cannot be denied. If I cannot paint with brushes I will paint with words, if I cannot transform the landscape I will transform my soul, if I cannot create beauty physically I will find a way to create it in your heart.

No, I'm not famous, nor do I have a career in the fine arts, nor do I even make a living in the craft arts.... but surely that spirit, that drive, that need to transform and create that springs out eternally no matter which way my life turns... surely that must be the lifeblood of a serious artist...

Mitmo01 · 11-09-2009, 03:29 PM

I would like to extend my admiration for all of the creative minds here, i love art, music, cinema, etc and without those expressions to brighten up my life, id rather be dead.

I have a writers soul but im a lazy mofo that does not do it and should, so to those of you that are creative i salute you. I however cannot draw a stick figure to save my life lol but i love to admire the work of others and the expressions behind the works.

I love nothing more than discovering something in art (and by that i mean all expressions of art) that thrills and rocks me to my core, whether that is a song, a painting, a movie etc.

QueenofQueens · 11-10-2009, 12:52 AM

Once again, the cuntles of my heart are warmed to see all your smiling faces. All those compelled to create are welcome here whether earning their daily bread through their efforts or wisely reserving their passion for joy's sake.

(I say this as the former, just barely).

Of course, misery loves company and I was brought to an art purge flashback by the brave confessions of Bit, Medusa, and Metropolis. Oh yes, during my own recent, cross country move I was forced to a similar supply harvest and slaughter. Although I'm proud of my efforts at culling the crap herd, and organizing according to family, genus and species, I slithered around full surrender by loading the last of it into bigger and bigger (and thereby fewer) boxes. I'd told the movers I had x number of boxes and by gum, I was going to give them x number of boxes. Even if it meant boxes the size of my bedroom.

Most importantly, I still have many barbie heads and truncated torsos, sticker dots from the center of CD labels, a vintage, baby shark under glass, souvenir from my beloved former home state of Florida, old candy molds, doll furniture and a whole passel of waterslide decals. Oh, and that's just the tip of the itinerant ice burg, friends.

All this and L still loves me. Life is sweet.

Sincerely,

QueenofQueens
Unapolagetic crap hound

Diva · 11-10-2009, 01:40 AM

When I moved into my childhood home here, I turned my old bedroom into The Girl Room.....it seemed appropriate.....

In this room is my daughter's bed and all of my scrapbooking and altered tin supplies. Shortly before I left for Vegas, I drug all of my stuff out so that I could reorganize it.....I got back from Vegas and immediately got sick (and just this Sunday stopped with the coughing)....so it looks as though a small tornado has hit that room and now ~ with a large group of people coming over on Saturday, I am TOTALLY overwhelmed to get it done!

Anyone have any ideas for organization? Short of throwing everything into those big Rubbermaid tubs, is there a better way? Just skip the part about me saving my sanity, as we all know it is too late for that nonsense!

I HAVE put my magazine cutouts in clear sleeves and put them in a binder. Should I do that with all my stickers, too?

Do I have TIME?

The Tubbermaids are looking pretty good, aren't they?

~Diva

QueenofQueens · 11-10-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Diva

When I moved into my childhood home here, I turned my old bedroom into The Girl Room.....it seemed appropriate.....

In this room is my daughter's bed and all of my scrapbooking and altered tin supplies. Shortly before I left for Vegas, I drug all of my stuff out so that I could reorganize it.....I got back from Vegas and immediately got sick (and just this Sunday stopped with the coughing)....so it looks as though a small tornado has hit that room and now ~ with a large group of people coming over on Saturday, I am TOTALLY overwhelmed to get it done!

Anyone have any ideas for organization? Short of throwing everything into those big Rubbermaid tubs, is there a better way? Just skip the part about me saving my sanity, as we all know it is too late for that nonsense!

I HAVE put my magazine cutouts in clear sleeves and put them in a binder. Should I do that with all my stickers, too?

Do I have TIME?

The Tubbermaids are looking pretty good, aren't they?

~Diva

When I moved out here, L and I went to Ikea and found a really inexpensive metal shelf and nice metal bins that match it perfectly. I like a little industrial flair in my workspace and it looks so much nicer than tha' rubbah'.
The boxes/bins also have label slots on the front that, if you actually use them *ahem* will help you to remember what's inside.

Diva · 11-10-2009, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by QueenofQueens

When I moved out here, L and I went to Ikea and found a really inexpensive metal shelf and nice metal bins that match it perfectly. I like a little industrial flair in my workspace and it looks so much nicer than tha' rubbah'.
The boxes/bins also have label slots on the front that, if you actually use them *ahem* will help you to remember what's inside.

I KNOW those metal bins!!! I LIKE those metal bins. I do love me some IKEA now.

THANK You, my Blaswarth.

Of COURSE, I would used the label slots.......Your Blaswarth has a LABEL MAKER!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're my hero!

~Blaswarth

(I love it that we can edit way past the 30 minute mark! This site ROX in a big, major way!!!)

Mitmo01 · 11-10-2009, 10:19 AM

hahahaha if i may ask do we all have cuntles in our hearts and if so what do they look like lol : )

Gryph · 11-10-2009, 10:44 AM

I write, I will write on almost anything, just ask Bit about the scraps of paper with poems on them, those ones sitting on the computer desk. I have journals and small notebooks, but I don't always remember where they are or don't think about reaching into my left front pants pocket instead of my right one when I feel the sudden urge of a poem coming on.

I do leather work as well and I'm slowly getting things together to learn carving.

Diva · 11-10-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitmo01

hahahaha if i may ask do we all have cuntles in our hearts and if so what do they look like lol : )

I'm fairly convinced that only The Blaswarth (aka Qwok) has The Cuntles.....there is no cure.

Gemme · 11-10-2009, 08:13 PM

Do cuntles come in different colors? Fabrics? I think I could do something neat with mine....

I have notebooks with tons of pieces of paper (notebook and not) with meandering thoughts and the beginnings to some truly lovely works of art (I just KNOW it!) as well as rolling carts with drawers filled to capacity and then some, so it's hard to open said drawers...boxes filled with newpaper and magazine articles and bits of paper cut out in the shape of a single word or phrase or just a picture...as well as large shopping bags stuffed high in the corners of my closet with who knows what inside.

I prefer the term "sentimentalist", thankyouverymuch.

Tommi · 11-16-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Diva

I'm fairly convinced that only The Blaswarth (aka Qwok) has The Cuntles.....there is no cure.

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cinderella · 06-15-2010, 08:31 PM

Ok, I'm a, oh, nevermind... just dripping by to see what-all you creative folks are doing.

Carmen

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Gryph Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Married to a wonderful girl Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 80 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 90 Thanked 57 Times in 30 Posts Rep Power: 958	I write, I will write on almost anything, just ask Bit about the scraps of paper with poems on them, those ones sitting on the computer desk. I have journals and small notebooks, but I don't always remember where they are or don't think about reaching into my left front pants pocket instead of my right one when I feel the sudden urge of a poem coming on. I do leather work as well and I'm slowly getting things together to learn carving. __________________ "Some days I feel as if I live in Paradise and some days I feel as if I live with a pair a dice." - Storm Cloud Woman "The three things that bring the most balance into my life, Will, Intent and Purpose. With out these there is no honor." - Storm Cloud Woman

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dixie Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: I usually just poke it with a stick. Preferred Pronoun?: Bitch Relationship Status: Intertwined deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: We're all a little mad here. Posts: 6,627 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,972 Thanked 21,383 Times in 4,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I love to write, anything and everything. I journal and write short stories, poetry and erotica. I do woodworking, usually just small holiday decorations. I paint, wet-on-wet oil technique. I'm an amateur photographer. I cross-stitch, sew and quilt. And I started making jewelry about a year ago. I have a few artistic hobbies, but nothing to really classify me as a serious artist. Just some things I really enjoy.

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Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	I'm a senior designer and art director with a forte in conceptual design. I also write copy; some things are posted here on BFP.

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Mitmo01 Member How Do You Identify?: Disobedient Thing... Preferred Pronoun?: Rebel Soul in the blood..Heathen as well Relationship Status: Marked and Loved....I Belong to Her.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 984 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,523 Thanked 1,354 Times in 579 Posts Rep Power: 927728	I would like to extend my admiration for all of the creative minds here, i love art, music, cinema, etc and without those expressions to brighten up my life, id rather be dead. I have a writers soul but im a lazy mofo that does not do it and should, so to those of you that are creative i salute you. I however cannot draw a stick figure to save my life lol but i love to admire the work of others and the expressions behind the works. I love nothing more than discovering something in art (and by that i mean all expressions of art) that thrills and rocks me to my core, whether that is a song, a painting, a movie etc.

11-10-2009, 12:52 AM	#5
QueenofQueens Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Seerauber, Centaurita Bonita, QoQonut, Volupté Suprême Preferred Pronoun?: Lux, Ms. Lisbon if you're nasty. Relationship Status: Left of Centaur and blissfully betrothed. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Happily swooning by the big, blue sea. Posts: 171 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 50 Thanked 375 Times in 63 Posts Rep Power: 0	Once again, the cuntles of my heart are warmed to see all your smiling faces. All those compelled to create are welcome here whether earning their daily bread through their efforts or wisely reserving their passion for joy's sake. (I say this as the former, just barely). Of course, misery loves company and I was brought to an art purge flashback by the brave confessions of Bit, Medusa, and Metropolis. Oh yes, during my own recent, cross country move I was forced to a similar supply harvest and slaughter. Although I'm proud of my efforts at culling the crap herd, and organizing according to family, genus and species, I slithered around full surrender by loading the last of it into bigger and bigger (and thereby fewer) boxes. I'd told the movers I had x number of boxes and by gum, I was going to give them x number of boxes. Even if it meant boxes the size of my bedroom. Most importantly, I still have many barbie heads and truncated torsos, sticker dots from the center of CD labels, a vintage, baby shark under glass, souvenir from my beloved former home state of Florida, old candy molds, doll furniture and a whole passel of waterslide decals. Oh, and that's just the tip of the itinerant ice burg, friends. All this and L still loves me. Life is sweet. Sincerely, QueenofQueens Unapolagetic crap hound

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Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	When I moved into my childhood home here, I turned my old bedroom into The Girl Room.....it seemed appropriate..... In this room is my daughter's bed and all of my scrapbooking and altered tin supplies. Shortly before I left for Vegas, I drug all of my stuff out so that I could reorganize it.....I got back from Vegas and immediately got sick (and just this Sunday stopped with the coughing)....so it looks as though a small tornado has hit that room and now ~ with a large group of people coming over on Saturday, I am TOTALLY overwhelmed to get it done! Anyone have any ideas for organization? Short of throwing everything into those big Rubbermaid tubs, is there a better way? Just skip the part about me saving my sanity, as we all know it is too late for that nonsense! I HAVE put my magazine cutouts in clear sleeves and put them in a binder. Should I do that with all my stickers, too? Do I have TIME? The Tubbermaids are looking pretty good, aren't they? ~Diva

11-10-2009, 10:19 AM	#9
Mitmo01 Member How Do You Identify?: Disobedient Thing... Preferred Pronoun?: Rebel Soul in the blood..Heathen as well Relationship Status: Marked and Loved....I Belong to Her.... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 984 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,523 Thanked 1,354 Times in 579 Posts Rep Power: 927728	hahahaha if i may ask do we all have cuntles in our hearts and if so what do they look like lol : )