wow, has a lot happened in my little, normally uneventful world lately. October is always a month for me that doles out equal parts brilliance and darkness in both energy and visual stimuli. This October has proven to be a doozy thanks to the circus we are calling the Presidential Election. I'm almost 50 years old now and can honestly say I've never seen a spectacle like this before both on the big stage of the nation/world and the smaller stages of our personal lives. I have literally lost friends due to the rampant hatred and vitriol that is running through this whole thing. Yesterday was particularly bad and has left me feeling very uneasy and unsafe.
But as the seasons change our personal landscapes do as well (watch closely if you've not noticed this) and mine is certainly no exception. I read my last blog post and chuckled about my blase' attitude of nola orders and work.. like this was just a given, right? Last week my 'last straw' occurred with an email from the client that all of those orders were sent to and I severed the business relationship. The rude replies along with the dwindling orders had my intuition screaming that this ride had come to its end. I was correct- the client responded with a very business like 'I respect your decision' email - meaning, 'good. glad you left before I had to do the dirty work'. I have no idea how or where she will find the quality of work and low prices that I offered her but that's not my concern. (the dolls I spent years designing and developing are on one of my etsy stores now-
Persephone's Folly , feel free to take a look... )
And you know what 'they' say about Doors, right? True for me at this point- The nola client ended and I was immediately approached to host Paint and Wine Parties for a company looking to expand here in Northern Michigan. I went downstate a few days ago to sit in on a scheduled party and gave my OK to work. Today I'll paint some samples that they sent me and get on the schedule to host parties in December when I'm home again. In the end, it all works... trust the process, trust the path.
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| new orleans sky line |
The next few weeks will be busy getting ready to leave for New Orleans- this is the first time I get to go there and not work too, I'm very excited about that- though I *do* have a small painting commission set up to look at :-)
I need to finish putting the dry goods from the Beach House in rodent safe containers and take my art out of a store on Bridge St. before we leave, but the 'busy' is less crazed this year since I'm also not trying to craft and ship out 600 dolls before I go-- bliss!
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| art therapy project |
I haven't painted in awhile- the Muses have been pretty silent but I feel the 'itch' returning. I'm hoping when I get to New Orleans I will feel it all flowing again. I'm not used to 'blocks' and dry spells and I've found it to be a little scary and a lot frustrating. In my worst moments I'm sure I will NEVER paint again (because, ya- I tend towards the dramatic at times) but that passes and I know that this is just for now. trust the process.....trust the path.
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