I mentioned in my last post that I set myself two creative challenges. My first was creating a couple of bespoke birthday cakes. My second challenge since the new year was to get cracking on my doodling project.

I had initially wanted to go back to my roots and do a piece that showed the journey that got me to where I am today. After weeks of brainstorming, planning and prepping I came to the realisation one sunny afternoon that I worked better when I gave myself less creative boundaries and less structure. Sounds like a bit of a copout, right? I thought so too at first until I found myself procrastinating and started looking back at my previous attempts.

When I am doodling, what gives me the sense of stillness is creating something that is cohesive, flowing and to some extent symmetrical without being restricted by numbers, rules and measurements. Yes, I did use several fine lines to guide the overall concept but most of the work is freestyle.

And here is a sneak peak of what is planned so far for the body of work ‘Imperfect Balance’. The plan is to create a body of three pieces showing that we can create in our everyday life the illusion that we are in perfect balance and holding things together. Look closer. OK, maybe not too close and you will see that there are small but visible differences (or cracks) among the shapes, lines and so on.