I’m not an artist who ‘suffers’ in solitude.

I experience solitude as a very safe, nurturing space for me to ‘hibernate’ away from the world, & be with me, myself & I. It’s where I thrive….. creatively!

Solitude IS the foundation of my creative practice, I unexpectedly realized this morning. Wow…. (taking a moment to let that sink in)….. it’s so blinking obvious to me ….. now (!!!) that my creative practice actually centers on solitude…. quiet time spent alone with me, myself, & I – just slowly wandering along together – listening to the inner conversation – & literally making everything up as we go along – no rules, no limit, no map!

Decisions naturally arise by themselves here – nothing is decided upon beforehand – we just have a start point, & travel from there – ‘discovering’ what happens as we go along :o)

It’s not ‘design’, where I’m working to rules & limits towards a predetermined outcome, often for someone else. No, this is personal ART – where the work is just ‘for’ myself, & I’m open to whatever it can become, responding to what it asks me to do – & simply going along with that, while mindfully trying not to make the journey harder than it has to be!!

Woah……while writing this, I’ve just realized that ‘solitude’ is an unintentional visual feeling in the work I’m currently making for my next exhibition ‘Louder than words’. I mean, how can it NOT be  a visual part of the art – when it’s the foundation of my creative practice, & truthfully the space & place where I love to actually create???

Vicky xxx