I'm trying in desperation to write an artist statement to display at my show. Alas, I have writers block. The brainstorming spans a page with random words in the margins. Yet, as I am set to the task of writing the first paragraph, I stumble.

Why do I create art? How do I adequately express my process and my motivation?

I have words and phrases that somehow connect to these ideas, but for some reason the flow that typifies my creative writing has somehow left. I cannot connect these random words into anything substantive.

After several starts and stops, I'm left with scratched out papers and only a partial first sentence. *sigh*

It's difficult actually writing about myself and my motivation. There is nothing particularly inspiring about my process as it seems to saddle the organic creativity that can be sometimes disjointed... and the methodical technical artist with training.

Passion, excitement, beauty, color, texture, bold, energy... words about my next line of artwork, but nothing concrete.

grrr...

I hope it comes together soon. I figured I would stop hitting the writers block by doing something completely different. Alas, maybe the laundry is a better course of action because it is methodical and mindless. Then, I might get the artist statement in some sort of rough draft tonight.

Off to do laundry ;)