And The Beat Goes On...
I’m really tired of being an adult.
2022 was pretty bumpy for me. In a nutshell: I cleared out and cleaned my condo; I had new carpet installed after painting the interior myself; I packed the remainder of my life including my in-home art studio and then moved my self and all my stuff from my Honolulu condo to my boyfriend’s house on the North Shore. I then experienced the learning curve of leasing out my condo.
Happy news: I’ve a new art studio shack! It’s a free-standing studio on a property about a mile and a half from my now home and a few paces away from the ocean. Pretty cool, yet…
Lots of pictures for you to compare this time. These demo paintings began with a plan: All would be a bamboo design; viewing distance would span from farther away to close up; and all would share the same color palette on the original color washes.
…the getting here has been crazy as well as catalytic. And this adult business? Things keep popping up like a Whack-A-Mole game.
My somewhat whiny point is that perhaps we would do well to make “us” a little bit more of a priority for 2023. Go small as one life coach advises - find small joys and celebrate little victories. Sounds trite, but pause and take that in. Doing what really lights us up (big or small) may keep us better connected to our sanity and help us feel more centered and taken care of.
Specifically, I’m talking about our personal, special happy place and I’m rethinking mine. I love to create, no matter in what form, and I’m entertaining ideas like beading purses, weaving wall hangings using macramé and glass beads, and creating paper mâché designs. I’m looking to jump start my creative engines because that’s what lights me up.
So, I’m starting again, doing the best I can with what I have right now. Hence, this blog and the above batiks I painted for a demo a year ago. I found them while unpacking my new studio and realized there was more I wanted to do. Sometimes just letting things sit for awhile (and that can include ourselves) is an amazing aid to a creative restart.
I look forward to sharing more small joys soon.
Here’s to a Spectacular New Year,