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11-11-2017 08:56 PM
11-11-2017 08:56 PM
good evening @Mazarita how are you travelling?
11-11-2017 09:00 PM
11-11-2017 09:18 PM
11-11-2017 09:18 PM
i could be better @Mazarita trying to shift a kidney infection hoping the antibiotics start to kick in soon as im not really handling the pain properly and stopping my sleep as well.
what have you been getting up to?
11-11-2017 09:24 PM
11-11-2017 09:24 PM
Sorry you have been unwell, kidney infections, not pleasant at all, @outlander. Hoping it shifts fast with the antibiotics. I know the feeling too of illness affecting our sleep. That makes everything tougher too. Hugs.
Past couple of days I've been very tired and sleeping most of the day. But I did have a very late night a couple back when I didn't sleep until about 4am, was doing video making. That was great and I needed to have the quiet in the night to do the sound editing. But I've been paying the price past couple of days. Have started a new video, just as I finished the last one. I like it when I'm on a roll.
Have you been finding energy for your art lately? I noticed the new artwork for Niqua's avatar, cool. In my lifelong journey with physical and mental illness, I've really found creative interest to be a great lifeline through things, a bright star in dark skies at times.
11-11-2017 09:32 PM
11-11-2017 09:32 PM
it started off a cramp not now! @Mazarita bloody hell. this is the second dose of antibiotics im on ive got to go back to get more test results on monday. i think im jsut starting to come abit better then it crashes again. will get there eventually
oh you make movies? do you mind if i ask what sort of movies you make?
hmm not really ive drawn a tiger the other day, ill find a pic for you. i think its one of my best yet. still could be better but i think ive improved abit in the drawing. and yes your right it can often be just that little bit of light we need.
11-11-2017 09:35 PM
11-11-2017 09:35 PM
11-11-2017 09:39 PM
11-11-2017 09:39 PM
@outlander, I've been making short experimental films since I was 22, @outlander. They have sometimes been described as 'dreamlike'. Sometimes I make little animations. The ones I do at the moment are usually only a couple of minutes long. I wish I could share them here on the forum but it would identify me. But there are one or two simple ones I made a couple of years ago under an anonymous account and name that I can share here. They are based on poems by @PeppiPatty that she posted on the forum at that time. https://youtu.be/r-8M4N6iXOk
Creativity has been one of the main threads in my life really. Sometimes I even say it is my longest and best relationship, lol. I'd like to encourage your creativity too.
11-11-2017 09:40 PM
11-11-2017 09:40 PM
Wow, those are awesome, @outlander. Beautiful drawings.
11-11-2017 09:49 PM
11-11-2017 09:49 PM
oh wow thats cool! i really liked it! @Mazarita and im glad you like the drawing. i really needed something to focus on. it took me a little while to do. i drew poppies today actually with credit to @Faith-and-Hope for the idea
im not giving up on art anytime soon. im going to give painting another go. i done a sunset not to long ago
11-11-2017 09:54 PM
11-11-2017 09:54 PM
Sunsets make for beautiful colours, @outlander. Have you ever tried collage? I did it recently at an art group I go to and it was a lot of fun. They had a whole lot of old magazines with pictures that we cut out and pasted on a big white sheet. There were some really cool ones in the end. Sometimes I just do colouring in, which I find a really good, calming, mindfulness exercise. Easier to motivate that mindfulness because I'm doing something with colour and exercising my hands and creative energies.
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