Piddling....
Pid-dle [pid-l], verb (used without object), to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around. verb, pidd-dled, pid-dling.
Today I piddled. I am not ashamed of it. Basically that is because I don't think piddling is ineffective in the end. It is just a part of the creative process, at least for me. If I piddle, seemingly wasting away minutes and hours experimenting with materials or arrangements of treasured scraps, it will pay off at some future time. I don't mean with this little experiment I am about to show you! You will have to wait and see what else is to come! But for now..........
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| Left Over Experiments from 8th Graders |
I started out with the scraps above. Then I added some rubber stamping.
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Altered Scraps, Stage 1
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Next I rooted around in my many bins of "stuff." I came up with some bird themed postage stamps from my father's cast off stamp collection- a gold mine!
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| Bird Postage Stamps |
I really liked the varied textures the bird images had to offer more than the birds themselves.
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So I ended up altering the bird stamps. Sorry, Dad. I couldn't resist! But I was pretty unhappy with where I was going.
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Needing Improvement
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I dawdled long and hard.
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| Back to Basics |
Searching...I realized what I liked from the start was ALL the colors as a group in the collection from the 8th graders.
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| Done Dawdling |
This is what I ended up with. It was a good way to spend a rainy day.
"So you see, imagination needs moodling-long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling, and puttering." - Brenda Ueland
Welcome to blog land.
ReplyDeleteI like your piddling. The colors are beautiful. I just found some stamps in a resale shop today; can't wait to use them.
Thank you for the welcome! And thank you for the "like," too! I love postage stamps! They are mini works of art and such interesting statements about their countries. What will you do with yours? I hope you will share your project with everyone!
DeleteThe end product was the desired destination, from the scraps of inspiration in colour. I think there is nothing quite so relaxing and productive as "piddling". It's one of my favourite words because I find it holds so much potential and possibility. Sometimes we know where our piddling will take us...other times it is just a joy of discovery as we move along.
ReplyDeleteSherry, you said that so eloquently! Thank you for your insight. So well put! I like piddle better than dawdle. Piddle sounds more positive to me. I suppose one can dawdle productively just the same, but I say piddle power is the way to go!
ReplyDeletePiddle Power ... I like how it rolls off the tongue! :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteSnap, it can become a new "ism!" :-)
ReplyDeleteHello Marilyn, I am visiting from your friend Snap's blog. Welcome to blogging! You sound like the art teacher I wish I had as a young person. I enjoyed reading your posts!
ReplyDeleteHi Pat! Thanks for visiting! Sounds to me like I would enjoy having YOU for a student! :-) Maybe someday that could happen in the motherland! Ah! Dreams to work towards!
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