View Poll Results: What do you do creatively?
Paint and/or draw
18
19.35%
Photography
11
11.83%
Write
30
32.26%
Sculpt
0
0%
Other
27
29.03%
Nothing
7
7.53%
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Just wondering how many of us there are. I often think it fueled my drinking in a way. Painting is so emotional for me, I can get overcome by emotion and escaping into a bottle seemed like a good idea once upon a time. Also, there is the whole myth of the tortured addictive artist.
So how many of us call ourselves creatives...you don't need to be making a living at it, just doing it
So how many of us call ourselves creatives...you don't need to be making a living at it, just doing it
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Beautiful picture LaFemme.
I used to feel creative when I was drinking/using, but I never had the courage to actually try to paint, or draw, or play an instrument (I'd just rearrange the house or do some landscaping).
...but now that I'm sober, I'm learning to play the guitar, but if that doesn't stick or I just don't like it, something tells me I'll continue to learn new things and have the courage to try.
Another benefit of sobriety.
Kjell~
I used to feel creative when I was drinking/using, but I never had the courage to actually try to paint, or draw, or play an instrument (I'd just rearrange the house or do some landscaping).
...but now that I'm sober, I'm learning to play the guitar, but if that doesn't stick or I just don't like it, something tells me I'll continue to learn new things and have the courage to try.
Another benefit of sobriety.
Kjell~
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Sorry to see engineering isn't included in the choices, and I don't think my photographs are creative, just well framed. My mother liked my photos, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't sell.
I'll have to vote "other".
I'll have to vote "other".
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What a beautiful painting... and the eyes of ages in one so young!
I'm a writer, written a few books... written some aspiring but ordinary poems, historically
with the help of the those two liquorary gentlemen, Jack Daniels and John Walker.
Love the poets of the Beat Generation and Dylan Thomas.
Love music and play the guitar.
Just as a PS: Since I stopped drinking, I have absolute writer's block.
I'm a writer, written a few books... written some aspiring but ordinary poems, historically
with the help of the those two liquorary gentlemen, Jack Daniels and John Walker.
Love the poets of the Beat Generation and Dylan Thomas.
Love music and play the guitar.
Just as a PS: Since I stopped drinking, I have absolute writer's block.
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What a great thread to start!
That side of me was, I also thought, fueled by my drinking & I've got that whole Tortured Artist Manifesto in my head as well.
And after a year (on the 6th!) of sobriety, I still struggle with some of the mediums I previously expressed myself in fluently. Part of it my head is still tangled & re-learning how to do things sober, I think. It's like my rhythm is all off.
My interests/hobbies are music, sketching, painting, photography, & writing. I've got the music & the photography coming back to me... haven't had the nerve to tackle the sketching or painting yet while clean. And the writing is just.... ugh. Not there. The words use to flow out with passion & zeal & writing was like breathing for me. That hasn't come back yet.
But the music was slow to come back too; that only just clicked maybe 3 months ago, really. I mean, to where I feel like I'm kinda almost in the Realm I used to take for granted musically~~ even my photographs feel 'off' to me sometimes, still. It bothers me, worries me.
I've discussed this with a Recovered in Australia who besides being a musician is also a luthier & he says it comes with time, the realization that what created the flame in the first place is still there, inside, & it takes drawing on other Muses to pull it out. And that the trade-off for that burning, soul-wrenching GRIP of passion zeroing in & taking you by the scruff of the neck suddenly being subdued is sanity & clarity & peace inside & that it's worth it.
Tortured Artist me has a running internal battle about that, but not giving up. : )
That side of me was, I also thought, fueled by my drinking & I've got that whole Tortured Artist Manifesto in my head as well.
And after a year (on the 6th!) of sobriety, I still struggle with some of the mediums I previously expressed myself in fluently. Part of it my head is still tangled & re-learning how to do things sober, I think. It's like my rhythm is all off.
My interests/hobbies are music, sketching, painting, photography, & writing. I've got the music & the photography coming back to me... haven't had the nerve to tackle the sketching or painting yet while clean. And the writing is just.... ugh. Not there. The words use to flow out with passion & zeal & writing was like breathing for me. That hasn't come back yet.
But the music was slow to come back too; that only just clicked maybe 3 months ago, really. I mean, to where I feel like I'm kinda almost in the Realm I used to take for granted musically~~ even my photographs feel 'off' to me sometimes, still. It bothers me, worries me.
I've discussed this with a Recovered in Australia who besides being a musician is also a luthier & he says it comes with time, the realization that what created the flame in the first place is still there, inside, & it takes drawing on other Muses to pull it out. And that the trade-off for that burning, soul-wrenching GRIP of passion zeroing in & taking you by the scruff of the neck suddenly being subdued is sanity & clarity & peace inside & that it's worth it.
Tortured Artist me has a running internal battle about that, but not giving up. : )
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OMG...I am sooo sorry! I forgot to include music...I was looking at the poll list and thinking...What am I forgetting...lol...deepest apologies...I can't paint without music so I am really sorry
I would love t see other visual artists work. Or if people want to share writing. I think that would be cool
Ste...I paint in oils, with brushes
I would love t see other visual artists work. Or if people want to share writing. I think that would be cool
Ste...I paint in oils, with brushes
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I have never been musically inclined and really have no 'artistic' talent for painting, photographs or writing, however,
for many years now I have 'rehabilitated' rescue dogs that were deemed not rehomeable and horses with severe problems. I have taken great pleasure in bringing these animals around so they could have 'forever' homes. With the horses, it is more working with them and their owners to change bad habits and calm the animals down.
I do believe it is an HP given gift. My friends, both A's and Normies have a nickname for me ................... "Dog Magnet". roflmao It's true too, even the meanest dog, will look at me, sort of nod and come and sit by my side.
So, I do believe it is a gift and talent and I use it to this day. I work with 4H youngsters a lot and it gives me a lot of joy and a sense of accomplishment.
I did vote 'other.' lol
Love and hugs,
for many years now I have 'rehabilitated' rescue dogs that were deemed not rehomeable and horses with severe problems. I have taken great pleasure in bringing these animals around so they could have 'forever' homes. With the horses, it is more working with them and their owners to change bad habits and calm the animals down.
I do believe it is an HP given gift. My friends, both A's and Normies have a nickname for me ................... "Dog Magnet". roflmao It's true too, even the meanest dog, will look at me, sort of nod and come and sit by my side.
So, I do believe it is a gift and talent and I use it to this day. I work with 4H youngsters a lot and it gives me a lot of joy and a sense of accomplishment.
I did vote 'other.' lol
Love and hugs,
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Originally Posted by laurie6781 
I have never been musically inclined and really have no 'artistic' talent for painting, photographs or writing, however,
for many years now I have 'rehabilitated' rescue dogs that were deemed not rehomeable and horses with severe problems. I have taken great pleasure in bringing these animals around so they could have 'forever' homes. With the horses, it is more working with them and their owners to change bad habits and calm the animals down.
I do believe it is an HP given gift. My friends, both A's and Normies have a nickname for me ................... "Dog Magnet". roflmao It's true too, even the meanest dog, will look at me, sort of nod and come and sit by my side.
So, I do believe it is a gift and talent and I use it to this day. I work with 4H youngsters a lot and it gives me a lot of joy and a sense of accomplishment.
I did vote 'other.' lol
Love and hugs,
for many years now I have 'rehabilitated' rescue dogs that were deemed not rehomeable and horses with severe problems. I have taken great pleasure in bringing these animals around so they could have 'forever' homes. With the horses, it is more working with them and their owners to change bad habits and calm the animals down.
I do believe it is an HP given gift. My friends, both A's and Normies have a nickname for me ................... "Dog Magnet". roflmao It's true too, even the meanest dog, will look at me, sort of nod and come and sit by my side.
So, I do believe it is a gift and talent and I use it to this day. I work with 4H youngsters a lot and it gives me a lot of joy and a sense of accomplishment.
I did vote 'other.' lol
Love and hugs,
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I write poetry and various random ramblings, I like to call them I share with few, as they are so raw, full of emotional and so very personal. I found myself writing MUCH more often when drinking or high. Sadly I've had writer's block...for 2 years 
So I am focusing on organizing all of it to compile a couple of books to publish as ebooks at some point.
-Jess
I share with few, as they are so raw, full of emotional and so very personal. I found myself writing MUCH more often when drinking or high. Sadly I've had writer's block...for 2 years 
So I am focusing on organizing all of it to compile a couple of books to publish as ebooks at some point.-Jess
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