{"id":1536,"date":"2013-01-25T08:34:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2013-01-25T08:34:15","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T16:34:15","slug":"what-to-do-with-a-blank-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2013\/01\/25\/what-to-do-with-a-blank-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do With a Blank Slate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/135-blank-slate.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537 alignleft\" alt=\"135.blank-slate\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/135-blank-slate.jpg?resize=339%2C475\" width=\"339\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am participating in an interesting challenge proposed by the editors of ClothPaperScissors magazine.\u00a0 The proposal is that I, along with 9 other artists, would be sent a package of mystery products and we would have a month to make art using these materials, we would then send our art to the magazine and some of the art will be published in a subsequent issue.\u00a0 When the call for artist came I jump at the chance.\u00a0 It seemed to fit my own personal creative challenge to make art and stretch inventive imaginative muscles in new ways.\u00a0 Well the package came Wednesday, and my excitement quickly turned to doubts.\u00a0 The materials are a line of products from Grafix, there is translucent drawing film, transfer film, printable transparency film, and shrink film.\u00a0 These are products I\u2019ve used in various ways before, so upon opening the envelope I quickly began thinking of the ways I\u2019d used them before and how I could do that same thing again for this challenge.\u00a0 The pressure is on and I don\u2019t want to fail so my mind raced to the safety of familiarity, \u201cdo what you know\u201d it seemed to say, \u201cdon\u2019t do anything risky\u201d.\u00a0 I decided to set it aside for a couple of days to let ideas plop down in this empty pool and see what floats, I want to use the creative muscles I have but I want to stretch too, so I\u2019m going to leave this blank slate blank for the weekend and then on Monday start making my mark.<\/p>\n<p>This idea of the blank slate came with me this morning as I took a long walk with my dog, Lucky. Long walks are my best thinking time my body is moving, my mind is open.\u00a0 So naturally I began to think about the magazine challenge, not the specifics of the challenge per say, but the idea of the blank slate. The feeling of both fear and excitement at such a rare moment being offered up for the taking.\u00a0 In life these blank slate moments present themselves rarely.\u00a0 Going off to college is a big one, new relationships another, but as we get older these blank slate opportunities are infrequent and fraught. It makes me think of my sister, who has been working at a job she doesn\u2019t like and hasn\u2019t ever really felt her full self in for seven years. Right after the New Year she gave notice!\u00a0 At the end of the month she is leaving, walking right onto a blank slate. She is filled with both apprehension and elation at this ending and beginning. I also have a friend who is confronting a blank slate moment in his life.\u00a0 His marriage has fallen apart and he and his wife have separated. He is dismayed and relieved all at the same time.\u00a0 There is struggle ahead for both of these blank slate moments I\u2019m referencing here, all the hard questions; \u201cwho am I?\u201d, \u201cwhat gives life meaning?\u201d, \u201cwhat next?\u201d\u00a0 These questions deserve time, a pause to ponder, let the slate be blank. 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