Going through closets, drawers and paperwork getting rid of items no longer needed or of value to me and it has me thinking a lot about the people in my life. I have been blessed to have amazing people in my life teaching me lessons I need to learn to move forward. Then every once in a while someone shows up that I can't quite figure out what lesson they are here to teach me, what lesson don't I want to learn yet. That is part of what I'm thinking about as I decide what to keep and what to let go of. I think from this person I am to learn to let go of anger at myself for "not being right" all the time. It serves no purpose and distances me from others. Looking good to others and being good to them is not the same thing. I think I'll toss that anger at myself out with the other things I find of no value anymore.
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You're struggling as had as she is to “not” see it.
It’s not easy watching a parent fade. Especially when they’re vibrant and engaged in life. How much to do tell or warn family? Or do you wait for them to make their own judgement? But you know they are not spending the time and seeing. What they think was a momentary lapse, the excitement of the moment or too many distractions going on you know that’s not all it is. You know. You know by daily observation, daily conversations it’s not a lapse. It’s on going and happening more often and lasting longer. You watch the life she built slipping away. She’s alone, she’s driven everyone else away and you see yourself doing the same thing. You learned at her knee. It’s not safe to let people in. You feel you have to take it all on yourself, no help. It’s like a knife to the heart. What a lovely day! I cooked, painted and played some music. Stepped out for a little bit to watch a football game and repeated. This week wiil be filled with more interesting happenings. I should get a call to take down my art at the Loft or maybe keep it up another month. I'll buy my ticket to Panama and a couple other nice surprises. And Saturday I got to watch my granddaughter ride in her very first equestrian event. Oh and tomorrow starts "Inktober". Very grateful for all the amazing experiences happening right now.
EIt seems moving and then coming down with the flu has put my muse into hiding. So what do you do when you don't feel creative? I've organized the new space as best I can, except for my painting area. That area I'm avoiding like the plague.
So when all else fails cook something up. It doesn't seem to matter if I'm making soup, or pie, or a casserole or in this case bread that usually brings the muse out of hiding. Lets get creative. I finally found the perfect beak for my egg basket chicken but my egg basket and tongs never made it back from Washington. That got me thinking about karma and how what you put out there comes back to you tenfold. Karma has been very active around me for the last couple of years so in that vien
This is the finished version of Big Pine Charlie shrunk down to an up-loadable size. He's a huge file thanks to Gary's help. I'm working on a friend for him now.
The Pancakes and Booze Art Show in Seattle was very interesting. It was a very young crowd and there were not a lot of sales for anyone. Some did ok on prints but they were few and far between. I did make some great contacts that I hope will lead to bigger and better things. All in all it was a great learning experience and provided AMAZING feedback on my art. I'm excited to see where the next show will lead me. A few more made and ready for sale. The blue stone is Howlite. Perfect for Valentine's day. Leather, sterling silver and pewter.
I've added some items to my Etsy shop, check them out. I hope to keep adding different items over the next year. Click on the above imagine to visit my shop.
Working part time does have it's advantages, I have time to play again! I've been wanting to do these utensil's ever since I saw some similar one's in San Francisco years ago and just never got around to it. I saw some in Marathon and just decided now is the time. I also did a little abstract landscape on tile with alcohol ink.
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ArtistMixed Media Artist. I've been making, building and painting things ever since I can remember. I love to create art and travel That's me on the left Wahoo fishing in Honduras. I hope you enjoy my little experiments in creating. Archives
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