Creating Simply to Create

Last week was quite a stressful week for me. A friend of mine was in crisis and it triggered a lot of things for me, while I was also trying to not make it about me. I needed some sort of outlet, so I decided to do some painting. And collaging. On a big piece of paper. I painted/collaged/oil pasteled an orange tree, simply because I like orange trees. I like the orange and green contrast. It was helpful for my mind, body, and spirit to simply do something I wanted, something without deep meaning. I’d like to try that more often.

The beginning of the process