New Year
January 01, 2009 08:13 PM
Nearly a year
has passed since I last posted to the Blog. Tsk, tsk.
I believe the last entry, 'Damned Whisper,' was
honored with a "You Make My Day Award" by fellow
artist, Patrick
Gannon. Then, it would seem,
I vanished from the face of the Earth. I assure
you there was never any space travel beyond that
of my own spacing out. I neglected my site because
I did not produce art in 2008. Maybe it's the
mixed drinks and vodka from last night's
celebrating, but I do believe this realization
makes me feel rather ill. The past year began so
slowly, picking up to rush past me with
imperceptible velocity. I was all the while aware
of my lull in creativity - difficult to avoid
feeling such a vast emptiness in ones life. I
neglected my art; thus, in a huge, horrible way, I
neglected myself. It is for reasons such as these,
I believe, that we have New Year Resolutions!
There exists already a list of such resolutions - I wrote it about a month ago, needing something concrete to keep me focused. To be honest with myself, it's much too long and demanding for me to handle in one year. My eldest brother, Chris, has wanted a painting from me for years. Many years. I included "start Chris' painting" on this list, knowing that an entire painting feels daunting, and small steps are what I need. Of course, my brother posted a note beside this item, stating, "move to top of list" - funny guy! There is no order to the list, but there are items I consider to be absolute necessities this year: give time to my art each day, maintain this website, contact galleries/venues for exposure, work toward being a self-sustaining professional artist (advice in these last two areas would be welcomed and appreciated!)...and post to this blog frequently.
So here it is - the first posting of 2009!
A TOAST! To taking my life into my own hands - the risks ahead, the thrills, successes, learnings (this gets to be a word now), re-igniting the creative fire within, to feeling connected and whole...
To Happiness.
There exists already a list of such resolutions - I wrote it about a month ago, needing something concrete to keep me focused. To be honest with myself, it's much too long and demanding for me to handle in one year. My eldest brother, Chris, has wanted a painting from me for years. Many years. I included "start Chris' painting" on this list, knowing that an entire painting feels daunting, and small steps are what I need. Of course, my brother posted a note beside this item, stating, "move to top of list" - funny guy! There is no order to the list, but there are items I consider to be absolute necessities this year: give time to my art each day, maintain this website, contact galleries/venues for exposure, work toward being a self-sustaining professional artist (advice in these last two areas would be welcomed and appreciated!)...and post to this blog frequently.
So here it is - the first posting of 2009!
A TOAST! To taking my life into my own hands - the risks ahead, the thrills, successes, learnings (this gets to be a word now), re-igniting the creative fire within, to feeling connected and whole...
To Happiness.
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