Week 7: Creative Practice Blog #6

 

Brain Doodles

By Camille Lazarus 

Creative Practice Blog #6

        This week for my creative practice I drew a sunrise lake scene. The lake is another one of my happy places, I have so many amazing memories of being out on the lake with my friends and family. Watching the sunrise and sunset is one form of self-care. There is something about being alone and watching the sun rise or set with all the beautiful colors accompanying the sun in the sky, it gives me time to reflect and be grateful for all of the good that there is. 

    I will say I did struggle this week to engage in my practice. In the last few weeks I have been able to really get into a nice flow of drawing, but this week every time I returned to my notebook to draw I felt anxious. I think this is a result of the building stress I currently am dealing with in my own life. But finally, once I sat down to finish coloring the sky, I was able to get into a nice flow of coloring and shading the sunrise. Coloring is another activity for me, much like yoga or meditation, that if I really focus and put all my brain power into it, I am unable to think about anything else. For my overthinking and overactive mind, this is essential.