Geri deGruy's blog of art, musings, and inspiration

Sometimes I think too much.

Actually I almost always think too much.

I want to say something meaningful in a piece of art. So I begin to think.

That occasionally leads me into a good path. More often, I get stuck in there. My very desire to communicate bogs me down. It’s like a swamp in my mind as I sink down in symbols and meanings and TRYING. (HElp!!!!!!!!)

One of the ways I deal with this morass is to create playfully, usually in a different medium. So instead of creating using fabric, I’ve been making mixed media collages, experimenting with techniques and mediums and color. The point for me is to enjoy the new and not think or try so hard. Usually it kicks me right into a lovely creative flow.

Here is one of the new collages, called Get Unstuck. Hmmmm, wonder why that is the name I chose….?!

This piece is made of various papers, copper, stitch, acrylic paints, and a faux-encaustic technique. And going with my gut.