Today was an interesting day of experimenting some new things:
Skate
I went to a new skate park that opened near my place today, and it’s really good and beginner friendly. It’s a short bus ride down, and man its pretty big. I went in the morning with some friends, and I found out how rusty I am skateboarding. Too much of my confidence went back to my hands for climbing, and now I’ve got to regain some confidence for my feet and balance again.
Painting
I’ve asked to do some classes and stuff in the recent months, but I’ve not actually painted for myself, for fun. So I actually tried that today. It took more out of me to start painting, than for me to do keyboards or to write or to do anything else. I think mentally I go through so many hurdles, and I tell myself how hard it will be and all that.
But the moment I got started, I think I just wanted to do more. I just wanted to make more things happen. I had to rush off for dinner, but parts of me just wanted to sit there and paint some more.
I was using watercolor, wet on wet techniques, and it was just such a colorful mess that I haven’t been thinking about for so long. I really enjoyed it.
Revisiting these two things made me think of my work, and how I’ve been holding back some of the things that I’ve been needing to do. I am slightly more motivated right now, and perhaps, I needed these moments of “play” to get my engines going.
On a spiritual side, I actually prayed for some motivation today, and just pondered where Jesus would be in my life today. Just a really random thought of placing how Jesus would approach skateboarding and watercolor drawing.