“The main thing is to finish it and move on to the next one…to keep your mind fresh.”
Jeremy Storter, Graphic Artist
This Tuesday, we held an event on campus called All Things
Art. Originally, it was an effort of our College of Pharmacy (COP) to celebrate the
creative side of the staff, faculty and students. We don’t have enough space to
do this in the health professions, despite a common understanding that art and
creativity are vital to health.
Well, some of us saw the COP event and wanted in. We begged for it to expand to include all of the UNM Health Sciences Campus. And thus, All Things Art has become an annual tradition. It is a grassroots effort with no committees (whaaaat???? Is that possible????).
All Things Art is a pop up show that goes
up and then comes down a few hours later.
No longer confined by our student/staff/faculty titles, we become creatives.
We become painters, photographers, poets, musicians, fly fishing tie makers, weavers, baked goods creators, jewelry and clothing makers. We become human beings showing our creative side.
This year, we added a film festival to the event, and it was
a wonderful addition. Allan Stone, a film-maker on our campus, made that part
happen.
And that’s where I heard the quote above, in a short film Pulse: The Beat of Art.
“The main thing is to finish it and move on to the next one…to
keep your mind fresh.”
Jeremy is talking about how he looks at an art piece he has
created, seeing what he did well and seeing what mistakes he made.
He warns us about being trapped in what we have created, paralyzed in the analysis of that thing.
The goal is to move on.
How much do we struggle to remain “fresh” because we are stuck on the last thing – a patient visit, a test, an academic paper, a conversation with a loved one – wishing that we could get a chance to do it again?
Your turn:
Think, for a moment.
What is a creation of yours that needs
to be stamped “finished” so that you can move on.
Stamp it!
Done!
Comma replaced with period.
Move on.
Stay fresh!
At the end of every RM celebration, I'm able to stamp it as "Completed"! Once stamped, I don't look back but I do use the new space and energy for upcoming celebrations. That's my way of staying fresh. Oh, so fresh!! ;)
ReplyDeleteThe project was "Coming back to life". It was a work in progress for several years, and now I find myself at the goal. Amazing how the adjustment goes. The old lingers, an echo that's hard to turn away from being so familiar, like a catchy tune that you can't get out if your head. But to move on is the key, the echo fades and a new life begins, fresh, vibrant, forward, a miracle.
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