Sunday 31 January 2010

SKeTCH

22:18 / pencil perched upon top lip /Uncle Ray Lamontagne (don't watch the spelling)
/ glass of red (the 3rd for the night if I'm
quite honest)....and sketch book with fabric scattered across the bed...
So I'm setting myself upon my path of work / life / balance
How hard it is i can tell you....

I've always had "the dream" of marketing myself as some form of designer.
"Great, be a designer" i think to myself, but then the i falter...
Words of my own discouragement crop up!
Plagued with self doubt i slip away form the idea of design..

Anyway back to tonight
Sketch book laid out i attempt to work on pieces for an AW10 MW collection....
10 or so pieces...not so hard you'd hope!
As i sit, the ideas flow, but i find it hard to put pen to paper, in fear of not being appreciated i tend to retreat....
Man up I'd say to friends but those words don't seem to do justice to the situation at hand.

Did the great designers of times past and present have the same thought process at times...
I don't quite imagine that Yves or Galliano for instance ever allowed
for their own self judgement to stop them in their paths to design genius!

On that note I'm going to step up to the plate and man up...
Here goes....wish me luck!

Until next time...ABW