Well, as I was doodling away and the controls suddenly stopped working my first response was frustration. I kept trying to get it to draw a line or make a stroke so I could build it up.
Then, my next thought, "I've put this time into already this morning I could have been working on my Singularity Poster project". But then, I take a moment, look out the window and breathe. The birds were singing. I could hear the waves. And I thought (no surprise) of my garden. My next response was, "Happy Accident".
So many times in art school did any number of teachers use the term "Happy Accident" and often it was true and made you smile and gave you pause. This too happened to me. "Well," Says I, "Nothing you can do, but post it as is and call it your morning art done and go out into nature."
And I had to think, well, that was a sort of gift. I could make my little quick post about the work and out I could go, set free for the afternoon to just putter and faff about (I'm so good at acting like a 90 year old lady since I was 20).
I really do think that lessons on Life and relishing the moment, even what occurs first as mistake or upset, into opportunity really is a good lesson. I think of the Simpsons reference when Lisa says, 'The Japanese have a word that means both crisis and opportunity" and Homer replies "Crisitunity". We often use that phrase round her: Crisitunity
Thank you @natureofbeing.
You are a wise woman @donnadavisart! Thanks for sharing this experience. I believe the problem has since been corrected. Even though it is our fault (we recently made some necessary server changes and a whole lot of bugs happened), we like that there is something to be learned from artistic frustration. You added a layer that is definitely meaningful. Your drawing truly gives the conversation an added dimension and it is totally in tune with the eerie, metaphysical vibe of the piece. We believe in happy accidents. Art is not meant to be perfection. Thanks for making this into an opportunity for exploration and not a furious rant! It makes a huge difference to us.
Thanks for your art on dada.nyc
No worries, @grandenchilada and dada.nyc, you have a great site and amazing service, I was just frustrated at the situation not at the site in general. I honestly love what you are doing and wish I had more time to add my 'conversations' to it, and hopefully will make more time in the future.
In many ways your site has encouraged me to see the possibility for more new virtual art worlds and I hope to be a part of the changing and emerging world that is appearing for artists and art lovers in our vastly changing world and art scene.
I can understand it must not be easy to run such a site and I'm rather impressed with you have done thus far. I also have an odd affect on tech (odd since I do much of my artwork digitally now) and often have things happen to computers and programmes that are just unexplainable, so I am used to odd things going wrong when working digitally.
And, as I said, lessons are everywhere to be found. Happy Accidents.