Comments on: The Art of Procrastination…Can Procrastination Be a Good Thing? https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-57718 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:56:37 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-57718 What would you want to see in it?]]> In reply to Alicia Molloy.

Hey Alicia, thanks so much for your oh so positive comment!!
A book eh? Thanks for that vote of confidence 😊 What would you want to see in it?

]]> By: Alicia Molloy https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-57679 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 20:54:43 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-57679 You are an amazing artist and writer, love your sense of humor. You should definitely write a book.]]> Hi Gail love this post! I am definitely a procrastinator 😬 You are an amazing artist and writer, love your sense of humor. You should definitely write a book.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-57676 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:10:11 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-57676 In reply to Kyle Whitney.

Hi Kyle, I’m glad you enjoyed it. And I was delighted by the Benchley article! Thanks!

]]> By: Kyle Whitney https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-57664 Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:56:08 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-57664 Another terrific blog.
Somewhat related to this subject is a column by Robert Benchley, written in the 30’s titled how to get things done.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-32708 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:31:13 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-32708 In reply to Joe Porretta.

Ohhhh Joe, love that you used this idea in your engineering life and have now brought it into your painting life. And ohhhhh I love that word – “ruminator”. YES! It sounds like a positive label to me. Glad to hear you appreciated this article!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-32707 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:29:03 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-32707 RISK is definitely going to be a topic for the next ArtCamp in the <a href="https://gailsibleyartschool.com/waitlist_page/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">IGNITE! art-making membership</a>!! In the meantime, I'll say this..it's easy for us to get comfortable in what we're doing. When we finally get to a place where things seem to be working well, it's tempting to stay there. I mean, it feels so good! But this is the moment to start thinking about what we can do to shake things up a bit. Taking risks is how we grow...in all areas of our lives not just in our art journey.]]> In reply to Brenda Garrigan.

Thanks Brenda!! I LOVE what’s on your studio wall! Gonna put it in mine too 😁

RISK is definitely going to be a topic for the next ArtCamp in the IGNITE! art-making membership!! In the meantime, I’ll say this..it’s easy for us to get comfortable in what we’re doing. When we finally get to a place where things seem to be working well, it’s tempting to stay there. I mean, it feels so good! But this is the moment to start thinking about what we can do to shake things up a bit. Taking risks is how we grow…in all areas of our lives not just in our art journey.

]]> By: Joe Porretta https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-29978 Thu, 27 May 2021 13:20:53 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-29978 I am a retired engineer living my dream of pastel painting. I have often been labeled a ruminator and procrastinator. But this has always served me well in my engineering life. I took the time to visualize what I wanted to do, how to do it and imagined the outcome. Now, as an artist I find this to be invaluable. It’s been said that some artists visualize the outcome of paintings before they start. I find this very exciting and motivating to take the time to do this. After years of being labeled a procrastinator, I enjoyed reading your article which validated my own feelings. Thank you very much.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-29870 Sat, 22 May 2021 20:12:34 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-29870 In reply to Nancy Malard.

Hah hah…good procrastinator Nancy!
And for sure, procrastination often involves some sort of fear. We circle, putting off what needs to be done or what we want to do, and then decide that the need/desire outweighs the fear (fear of messing up, fear of wasting materials, fear of embarrassment, fear of rejection, fear that we’ll find we e a fraud, that we’ve been fooling ourselves, and on the list goes!) and we we get doing! Yes. Eventually we get there…in our own time. I also feel like procrastinating is a form of sorting the wheat from the chaff….even if it takes us time to get to the top priority!

]]> By: Nancy Malard https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-29852 Sat, 22 May 2021 07:17:17 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-29852 Yes Gail, I did get your procrastination blog, but I have put off reading it until now ;O))) I totally agree with everything you write and with the videos. But I have often wondered procrastination might include a subtle element of fear of some sort?
Thanks for all your devoted work.
Nancy Malard

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2021/05/the-art-of-procrastination/#comment-29842 Fri, 21 May 2021 20:26:07 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=11923#comment-29842 ]]> In reply to Liz Widmann Spona.

Hah hah thank you so much for this humorous look at your life Liz and how it all relates to the grand art of procrastination ….the good side!

And yes, I’m happy to know you’ve got to work on this very special piece of yours. Take your time….😁

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