Skip to main content

Breakers

Take it where you find it...

As a freelance artist of the starving type you most likely won't be able to afford a "vacation" like most people. You really can't afford to not be hustling or completing projects and you most likely can't afford a plane ticket anywhere. So it's important to take your fun where you find it- and hopefully as cheaply as possible. For me that was 3 luxurious days in a row SWIMMING at a local pool. I hadn't been swimming all summer and the summer before I went swimming once so I was taking advantage of it but not irresponsibly....I was up early in the studio making sure the days work got done before I hit the water. Building boxes to ship prints in, to the post office mailing out orders and painting and graphic designing before the bikini could be put on.
I knew my body was about to revolt and could feel the pains coming on and my symptoms flaring up but the relaxing water and fun really helped and as soon as it was over...pain flared up. I have to remember stress aggravates my condition. BREATHE! Let it go! 
Yesterday found me at jury duty...and I'd rather not relive the experience again if I can help it. As a person who doesn't like giant throngs of people and who unfortunately had to go through a horrible time visiting my brother in jail and his own court trial....not a place I like to go. Anyway, let's move on because that truly sucked.
The week has new projects... a record order for a friend, finishing the very last minutiae of a graphic design project and working on some small pieces for a charity I helped with last year -the Reading and Radio Resource. Luckily my shelves are stacked with small blank canvases I bought at an ambitious time in my life thinking I would fill them quickly. Riiiiiight. Also primering a stack of records in hopes of getting cracking on those soon. Let's not talk about my poor abandoned painting sitting on the easel behind me, I can feel it's neglected pouty stare on my neck right now. :(
In a nutshell... BUSY. Oh yeah, some stupid tax stuff to do today. Sigh. I am missing that swimming pool right about now. BREATHE! Let it go! And take your fun where you find it!


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Digital Vacation

  Have you looked around and discovered you have filled your life with bad habits? If you said NO- good for you, you might not be human! 😁  I was experiencing a major BLAH and it was all because of ME. What I spent time on, consumed, did and did not do. I also felt like the willpower I used to have in abundance was gone and I wondered if I would ever get it back.  First and foremost I had to look at my main bad habits. What was the very first thing I did every day. EVERY DAY! I reached for my phone, I social media blitzed my brain over two long cups of coffee every morning. I made sure to look at my MEMORIES like it was my job every day. Ruminating on the past and seeing everyone's angry opinions and celebrity/political posts and regurgitated memes ad nauseum....is actually not a very optimistic and healthy way for me to cruise into the day. Not only is this not good for my spirit it wasted almost two hours of every morning. 💀 That's precious time!  I'm weaning mys...
Post a Comment
Read more

So what's the Scenario?

Street Artist 'My Dog Sighs' Paints Faces on Cans Found Littered on the Street I found this interesting art on Pinterest and thought it would be a good example for a proposed scenario.....indulge me if you will.... The scenario is this....this street artist paints on cans. Pretty cool right? Pretty neat! He's probably not the only one who paints on cans in the world but he most likely is the only one in his little neck of the woods and art circle. Ok, let's pretend I invite this CAN painter to be in this big group show we do annually at my gallery. (This is pretend land, I dont have a gallery but roll with me...)  Ok, he is a hit, everyone thinks his can faces are awesome and he's considered pretty unique for doing this medium in our little art circle. Ok fast forward into the future....it's a year later and it's time for our big annual show...here's the scenario....we don't invite the CAN artist to come show again BUT we do hand out a can ...
6 comments
Read more

Top 10 Reasons

  Have you seen Labyrinth? The scene where she finally realizes she had the power all along and that actually Gareth did not ...that's powerful stuff. My favorite part....aside from every scene with David Bowie prancing about in too tight leggings. 😁 My digital vacation got interrupted yesterday. I've still been checking my messages in Messenger because HI IM AN ART BUSINESS AND THAT DONT STOP. I was alerted that the scammer had hit up a mutual friend and because I was trying to be Art Spiderman I went swinging back online to see what was going on. Unfortunately the scammer got someone and I had to make another PSA about it to help my peeps understand what was going on. Barring that though... it's up to YOU to be SMART PROACTIVE RESEARCHING humanoids. I can't save you.  Also my brief pop into fakebook gave me enough fodder to want to keep my vacation going. Here's what I was met with on messenger and on my page upon landing:  1. People pushing politics/celebrities ...
Post a Comment
Read more