Sunday Nesting
January 16, 2011
Wrote a whole piece, then lost it when I shut down.
Here's what it said:
- Glad January isn't over cos not done with my plans for the month
- Hubster and I cleaning house, decluttering, pruning, deaccessioning, and throwing it away
- At that horrid point when the house is more of a mess than before because working on the interior of things - drawers, shelves, cabinets
- Plan on concentrating on our bedroom - time for a grown up room for the next phase of our marriage
- Many bags of garbage out by the curb
- All the black socks and all the brown socks have mates!
- All frayed, saggy underwear in said garbage bags!
- How many toiletries do I buy in a year and why do I still ahve curlers from 5 hair styles ago?
- Still have closet to do: <<<SHUDDER>>>>
- Can't seem to move forward with art and/or writing in this transitional period
- Made three different things in the art room and hate them all & ripping them up
- Not good to go two months without any creative work, holidays be damned!
- Learned something important, though: The urge to clear everything out is affecting my work in interesting directions
- Want clean, fresh work that is just me, a brush, a pen, a pencil, and paints.
- Felt so clear-headed and focused when I began with that in mind
- Then started dragging out paper and embelishments and scraps and soon the studio was a mess and I totally lost focus
- Now avoiding studio again
- Will clean it tomorrow night and get back to basics
- Winter is a time of painting for me- need the color
- Burned out on mixed media in the fall when doing all the work that neer sold at B&B
- As long as I figure it out in the end, it is all for the good.
Trust me, it all sounded much better the first time around! Off to watch Downton Abbey on PBS and then catch the end of The Golden Globes. Hubster thrilled with Jets; much FB'ing flying around the country with various Jets fans - he who didn't have a FB page 5 days ago and wanted no part of it....