Acrylic Ink Play

On my way to the studio today, I was listening to an episode of RadioLab on NPR entitled "Me, Myself and Muse".  It was pretty interesting.  I really liked Elizabeth Gilbert's idea of externalizing inspiration, talking to it, making friends with it, arguing with it, giving in to it.  It was a good thing for me to hear today.  I was originally planning on just stopping by real quick to pick up something I needed for a class assignment, but after listening to this piece, I decided to stay at the studio and see what Inspiration had in store for me.

I sat down with black Sumi ink and water and started playing.  I enjoyed watching the ink as it spread out from the marks I made on the wet paper. After playing for awhile, I decided I wanted to play with color, so I grabbed my acrylic inks and started making my marks with them.  You can see the result of my playing, below.  It was such a meditative experience, so peaceful and relaxing.  I definitely need to do this more.  If I do, maybe Inspiration will decide to join me :)

Acrylic Inks and Water on Mixed Media Paper