My girlfriend is a graduate of University of Hartford in Conn. She graduated top in her class with a degree in Art. Our appartment and both of our parents homes have numerous displays of your work. When we started dating she stopped drawing, painting, sculpting everything to do with art. I finally got her to talk about it. When she was in school she was always sad and the art just flowed out of her. Now she is the happiest she has ever been. (I am also). But when she is happy she just doesn't have any art in her. Is there anyway besides dumping her that will provide inspiration for her to start creating again?
2006-11-11 03:44:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
Hmmm... same thing happened to me when I met my sweetheart.
The art is still in her, it just doesn't appear as a need right now. She's actually distracted by all the happiness, and that's filling her need to express herself. Hey - it's not a bad thing.
My fiance actually had to kick my pants to get me to start up again. He told me his son & daughter-in-law - whom I adore - wanted only one thing for Christmas, a painted portrait of their daughters. He brought me a handful of photos about 3 weeks before Christmas and then cracked the whip over me.
I did it out of love then, but it made me realize how much I'd missed painting, and that I could paint for joy as well as out of sorrow. Because he supported me, and willingly gave me the time and space to make my art, I felt comfortable taking that time for myself that I realized was mine - and felt no guilt about taking that time away from him/us.
So use something I know worked for me - kick her in the pants with a Christmas request. But I personally would not recommend heroin...
2006-11-11 15:32:58 · answer #1 · answered by joyfulpaints 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm glad she is happy, and congratulations to her for her accomplishments thus far!
Though someone can be generally happy, I find it hard to believe that someone is happy 24/7. What I would do is always have an easel (or whatever she likes to use) set up at all times, have the supplies ready to use, etc... that way if she has a bad day or even a bad hour, she can get right down to business instead of having to waste time setting up.
Good luck to you both! (Try renting some really sad movies, that might help ;)
2006-11-11 13:48:55 · answer #2 · answered by willow oak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Herion or booze will get her back in the swing of things. All great artist have something going on. I recommend a mixture of china white
and jack. It worked for me, I am showing in New York and Paris.
2006-11-11 11:58:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, wow. haha, what a dichotemy. This has happened to me, too. As an artist, I think you should give her time. We can find misery in anything, it just may take a little longer if we're in love. So yeah, give her a few months and she should start eyeing the paintbrush again.
2006-11-11 11:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by Amy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried spending some time apart. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
What is a few days when you have a lifetime.
2006-11-11 11:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give the artist more paint
2006-11-11 11:49:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her some pain...if you can....to awaken the sleeping giant (lol artist) within.!!!
2006-11-11 11:58:20 · answer #7 · answered by James B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋