PoppyRow

So it’s coming along. My life that is. They say if you want to eat an elephant you need to tackle it one bite at a time. I have been spread so thin lately that I run around not really accomplishing anything. Ever feel that crazy? I remember when I first had my daughter, I would just lay around, my very existence defining “bored to death”. Now, I can’t fathom being bored, and at times I yearn to taste the sweetness of doing just nothing.

And therefore I am trying to adopt new habits that will allow me a sense of accomplishment. Sometimes I think its silly to try to get into new habits, because for the most part, (more…)

I hope everyone is alive and well…and well, creating more art than me. Because if you aren’t, then you aren’t creating. Do you ever have those times in your life when art doesn’t just take a back seat, but it is in a different vehicle altogether? For all of my talk on how to stay motivated and inspired, what is to be done when life simply pushes its big ‘ol nose in your face, and you can’t get away from it all? It’s not that I feel uninspired. On the contrary, I feel I have much to say. But my efforts are going in a million directions and I am spread thinner than paper. It’s so hard to streamline and make choices of what to keep and what to eliminate in my life.

When I look back at the last year, I really do have a lot to be proud of. I’ve lost almost 40 pounds, paid off $25,000 in debt, (more…)

I had the good fortune to be able to see a new exhibit when I taught at the Chaffee Art Center over the weekend. It wasn’t quite your typical show- it was a kid’s exhibit featuring art from preschoolers to seniors in high school from the Rutland, VT region. It was an excellent show, and on day two of my seminar, I decided to take my students on a tour of the galleries so we could talk art. After all, art is not created in a vacuum, the inspiration is interactive, the process is interactive, and the results are definitely interactive.