07 May 2009
Impossible Wish
Don’t you love this image? I'm crazy about the idea of this image, I love the fact that this person has so much creativity, so much in their minds that they can put on paper.
Have you ever done a Flickr search on Moleskin? These books, as simple as they are, created a revolution in art. They can be used endlessly, holding images, diary entries, cut out images, collections of scribbles, seemingly thoughtless doodles that manage to look amazing when they’re all put together.
I long for that kind of creativity. I look at the things I draw, and think, “eargh, that’s awful”, tear out the page to start again. I know that ruins the whole point, but have you seen some of those Moleskins? I've never had the patience to finish even one of my diaries, and while “everyone can draw”; I lose motivation because I compare my drawings & creative limits to the likes of these.
Seriously, how do these people come up with such amazing images? I am insanely jealous.
On the other hand, the people that draw those amazing images might not be able to write. You never know, they may wish they had the talent/drive/boredom to have their own blog, but can’t find enough to write about. (To be honest, somehow I wonder how I come up with half of this).
I suppose it’s the age old saying, ‘we want what we can’t have’. Instead, I think we should choose to embrace what we can do, and extend that talent. Rather than being pretty good at a few things, we should endeavour to be really good at one thing.
Are there any talents you’re jealous of? Wish you could paint? Draw? Write? Skate? Run? Take photos? Have you found out what you are good at?
Bambola x
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16 comments:
oh these are awesome!! i love the umbrella one...LOVE IT!!!
I wish I could draw like that and take good photos that people love like my friend Rose.
I, supposedly, can write, though the volume is really terrible. I think its laziness. I could write so much more than I do now if I didn't procrastinate so much.
I wish I had the talent for doing stuff instead of sitting on my butt doing nothing.
Those are amazing! I wish I had that creativity!
I have a stack of moleskine's filled with words and some scraps of paper..I don't draw :D
join the moleskinerie group on flickr - it makes me drool and be all envious on the inside.
I start projects and then get bored too quick.
I have a diary like that and I doodle and write in it, but it's nowhere near these! I love it anyways.
I wish I could draw - I agree that everyone can draw in a doodly way, but I wish I could draw for real.
I'm jealous of good scrapbookers/notebook-takers, too. I always collect all the clippings, but fail to paste them in the notebook.
I've seen that Moleskine art and have to admit I was a little jealous too. But you're right, we have to focus on what we've got. I love writing too. I just need to spend more time doing it :)
So cute blog.
I wish I could sing well!
I love notebook art.
I have a Moleskine, too but just to plan the day. I've got another notebook for clippings and doodles like that, but not as amazing as the images you just posted! I really wish I could draw!
I'm a bit of a diary hoarder, I have my diaries and little notebooks from like age 12.I'm 19 now so I have such a nostalgic streak when I look through those pages of woes, happiness and happenings I wrote ages ago.
I love the images you've shared here, gorgeous stuff.
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I have spent hours looking at Moleskine illustrations on Flickr before, it's really a joy.
I wish I had that talent, but I simply do not, I have never been able to complete a page in any of my notebooks. I constantly rip pages out.
One day I will find my talent.
Creativity is a beautiful thing but it can also be somewhat of a frustration when you can't quite come out and make the lovely stuff you dream you could do if you only had the skill or inspiration. I find myself uncomfortable with being an artist quite often because I never know what way the inspiration is going to hit me and I have to just sorta test out different mediums a lot to see what I am in the mood for. I mean, I have just about every artistic type of hobby you can think of and the ones I don't have are pretty much just ones I've yet to try. And I feel as if I could become really good at any one of them if only I would focus my attention on the talent. But I can't stay focused on any one certain medium enough because there are so many different forms of art and I simply cannot choose. So I am not particularly spectacular at any one thing but I do have some good skills and my secret artistic fantasy is to finally burst out with it and get super good at one thing because I KNOW that will inspire everything else. I will make a song which will inspire a picture which will inspire a t-shirt which will inspire a story. You see where I am going with this? Every creation I make just inspires more creation within me and my visions are getting bigger and more rich in their details so I'm not worried about the state of my inspiration or whether I am good enough at my art or not because it's the act of creating that I love the most and if I ever make anything truly amazing that will be the payback for all of my hard work trying to learn skills.
Sorry for leaving such a long comment but this is like my passion and I could talk about it all day.
I like the creative stuff you share on this blog it's cool.
oooh I like the octopus one best! in highschool my best friend and I made "cool books" with tons of collages, ticket stubs, drawings, photographs, 3D stuff like hemp bracelets... it was so fun and I think almost every month since then, "I'll start a new coolbook", but I never do :/
Hi there! I'm the owner of the last one lettering illustration (http://www.flickr.com/photos/haydeca/1956839549/in/pool-652272@N25). Thanks a lot for the compliments and for the link ;) I'm a graphic designer but I must say that I can write too, among other activities... :P
bisou ;*
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