So, I promised myself no more drawings until my portfolio was finished, but this one has been stuck in my head and I finally just had to throw it up. To make it quick I did part drawing and part collage, so there, I got around keeping the promise to myself. I'm not a huge fan of this drawing, but exploring and figured I would post it anyways. Good news is I am uploading my online work portfolio as we speak, so not too far from finishing.
The other day I was listening to Peter Broderick and it made me think of an illustration. Peter is an American musician and composer and in particular I like his solo piano pieces. His stuff seems to lend toward those rainy days.
I was listening to his Sidelines and then watched his video (below). Definitely strikes a maddening-depression sort of cord. I know we have all experienced that before or unsure what our next step is. I know we have all felt like this before. We feel like we are on the sidelines watching life pass us by. Merely spectators. Sometimes, we feel like we are not contributing to life or not living to our full potential, and this only makes us sadder. Sometimes, we would rather stay in bed; watch the blind's shadows move from one wall to the other, and use that as the only evidence that time has passed...the day has passed. When I feel this way I try to get myself out of it. Find something creative. Find inner perspective. See potential. That hour, that day, that week, or however long this "sidelines" last can be difficult, but it is worth waiting it out when I see my next move.
I may feel slow and unable to express myself physically, sometimes, trapped inside my body. But, it is those trappings that perpetuate me to express myself in other ways, and to release myself from my own sidelines.
Sometimes, it feels like we are on the sidelines, when in fact we are right in the middle of it all where infinite possibilities are waiting for us.