Fleeting Creativity

Sometimes, I just don't know where the creativity goes... one day your sure its there and you live and breathe it, then the next morning its gone. Maybe its the lack of stability in my life at the moment. I have always needed to create a space in which to work before my work really flows, I wonder if its like that for most artists or if it can just come no matter where you are and how you are set up. Sometime I do think I am spoiled for thinking like that as there are many artists who do not have that luxury.
It has been a rather confusing and strange time in my life recently, I'm guessing my emotional and mental state has also put a halt to my creative juices flowing.
One way I try to get myself back into art mode is leafing through arts magazines, being inspired.
I did get to purchase my favorite Australian magazine whilst in Abu Dhabi airport the other day, Vogue Living, a perfect mix or art,design and architecture.
Another magazine I picked up not too long ago was Canvas (Art and culture from the Middle East and Arab World) October 2008 has an awesome cover! its a close up of an artwork of Hossein Zeneroudi.
and lastly one that may not dazzle you always but has its moments, Elle Decor.
Maybe in the next week I can be inspired to make something wonderful!
ciao

Busy Colors

Two weeks is a long time away, I just haven't got my act together in posting. I have been quite busy creating artwork and doing mother stuff with my little one. Still getting used to that even though he is one now!
I still do not have adsl, which makes life on the internet very slow. Good ol dial up alhamdulillah, at least I can function somewhat.
I pulled out some old stencil designs from awhile back and started water watercolor painting. I was quite pleasantly surprised to see the results. They are still rough samples maybe to turn into bigger pieces of art later on.
I would like to do more compilations of these "Hand of Fatima" designs. I chose it simply because of the shape although I know in Morocco and North African countries it is used as a talisman to ward off evil.
any comments?

Hiatus

I have been gone a long time - well blog time anyway. My husband went away so I had my son keeping me very busy along with being the last ten days or ramadan and Eid directly after that.
I have been doing more work..I made some more eid cards and I have taken some photos.
For Eid I did henna on one hand - even with a one year old running around also planning my sons 1st birthday so busy busy busy.
What do you think about the hennad hand?