I find myself unable to build this community resources like I really want with just creating art as the focus. So I am shifting into Grief Work. I have tried to get beyond grief and loss but it is actually a living part of my being everyday. So I decided just yesterday to focus on grief work that includes creating art. The flow just came automatically and I have already created my community introduction. I just need to add videos to complete the course. I set the community to public just to attract 25 active new members and we will set it back to private. Once I complete the videos for the introduction when it is completed I will let you all know. Blessings,

Reflecting on creating this community. I yearn to create art but I recognized I wasn’t creating for just myself. When I have others in mind, this helps me create. I began creating a course and developed a method. But I ran into my own creative roadblock. This community is the reason I am seeking to move beyond the block with a purpose. I know my creative block comes from my previous 10 yr marriage and the divorce process since 2011. Creating this community is very important to me. It provides the purpose that I need beyond myself to create art. I shifted gears from creating my method to and creating a strategy course to help others move through creative block. So I am taking notes on the process that I am currently going through and will soon begin creating some videos along these lines. I am doing this creative work with the community in mind, but need an outside source that I realized and signed up to two other art communities. One of these communities is Sktchy and the other is Pastel Workshop on Skool. They do cost money. I don’t have extra money but I did this anyway to take care of my own desire to create and nourish my mental health. I signed up for Sktchy 30 day drawing challenge #30faces30days. There are several artists that teach through the drawing process on video. These are the drawings so far. I also signed up for a pastel painting workshop to keep my interest moving forward. I including this as well. My work is currently behind the scenes. I did put a pause on receiving any new members until 5/1. I feel it is better to build things out at some level before I accept any other people. As for as the three of us, I am going to continue to stay in touch and sharing the process. If we communicate together, it will benefit all of us during the process. If you feel you need to leave and come back because things are going as quickly as planned, feel free to take care of yourself how ever this may look. I you feel to continue with sharing some creativity and keep some conversation going, this is wonderful.

If I wait until I am ready with how I want to present this community, it will be a while. I start a new job on 2/2/26. I am completing 48 training sessions at home, self-directed with my own internal motivation. One of the Trainings last night was 4 one hour videos and reading. In my past jobs, we got to work and get paid for the training. In this situation, we will get paid in 90 days for CEU’s according to their pay scale. Right now, 3 hour video training but yesterday and today’s is exceptional❣️ I am on 31 out of 48. So I have been playing with watercolor painting. Because I finally feel like it and accomplishing two things at the same time. Really, forced to sit still. 😂 I want to invite you along with me to play with some art materials of your choice. Just go with your intuition, desire, curiosity and sit down to play without critique and-without a product in mind. Just play along the lines of your emotions at the time and your in motion idea as you go. Post your play session in this feed or post it as a new post whatever you feel comfortable with. I am in process of playing with a watercolor wash type background and ink pen on top with some more pigmented water color details as I move along. No plan just play. Creative cooking is also good. I just felt good enough to cook for myself and I feel it is due to wanting to create community with you. So I posted my breakthrough as well. I have been eating cereal, apples and oranges and home made soup for a good many days, weeks. Months with this minimal diet. Blessings It feels really good to create self-care❣️

@Jaye Brunner @Kathryn Dowell I want you both to know, not a day goes by without thinking about each of you. You both know that I am creating this community before I am ready. I am in another community that is guiding me into creating a dynamic yet peaceful and meaningful community with courses and experiences. I have the first module created but I ran into the harsh reality of creative block. Therefore, I am shifting my first course and experiences around getting around the self-critic and fear of creating that is holding me and maybe you as well, back from expressing ourselves. Here is a painting that I am working on, documenting my process of moving through the dynamics of creative blocks. I tell you both the main ingredient that is certainly helping me is the yearning to show up in this community with authentic creative process in creating from our heart in our own way but also learning about materials and techniques as well. So, the block moved out of the way enough to start this painting yesterday. Just an update on my preparations and heart for us creatives. Blessings