{"id":669,"date":"2025-07-10T16:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virginie-schroeder.com\/blog\/?p=669"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:06:51","slug":"why-taking-stock-of-my-artistic-journey-changes-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virginie-schroeder.com\/blog\/en\/why-taking-stock-of-my-artistic-journey-changes-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Taking Stock of My Artistic Journey Changes Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every new year \u2014 or sometimes at the end of a creative cycle \u2014 I feel a deep need to slow down. To press pause, just for a moment. To give myself space for reflection, silence, and clarity, where I can look back with honesty and gentleness at the path I\u2019ve traveled. For me, taking stock of my artistic journey<\/strong> is not just about counting finished pieces or evaluating exhibitions. It\u2019s an act of love toward my practice \u2014 a sacred moment where I reconnect with what truly moves me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back to move forward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the whirlwind of creation, it\u2019s easy to jump from one project to another without fully integrating what has been lived. But every artwork carries a story, an emotion, an intention. Some pieces took me further than I expected. Others confronted my doubts or pushed my limits. It\u2019s by rereading my sketchbooks, revisiting my canvases, or observing my sculptural work that I begin to see the true thread of the year: what I was trying to say to the world. What I dared to feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reflection is also a way to honor myself. To recognize all the invisible work: the sleepless nights searching for balance in a composition, the moments of grace when colors respond to each other effortlessly, and the moments of resistance \u2014 when everything feels stuck and creation becomes quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An inner compass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Asking myself these deeper questions becomes a kind of compass:<\/p>\n\n\n\n