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Last day of month *5*

5/31/2013

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The little ritual of looking back after every month and acknowledging progress/accomplishments from the previous 4 weeks has been a surprisingly pressure-inducing self-imposed routine.

May was a great month for dragon boat practices, maternal visits, and birthday celebrations. In addition, May has been a month of many starts and few finishes in the studio... Below is a sampling... 
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getting ready to catch the flag during dragon boat racing!
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personal inspiration!
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kitty for Emma
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girlie
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favorite little painting
Sometimes things move along more than other times, and we just have to learn to be ok with it!!
Here's hoping for a better (or should I say 'more productive') upcoming month!
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Personitas

5/31/2013

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Art Journal Pages

5/29/2013

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Quick Warm Up page using colored pencils and pages from a catalog.
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She's done!

5/20/2013

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I am fast learning about consistency in social media... Having a blog, a FB page, an etsy shop all take time and attention. If I don't feed said outlets news of my creative adventures, 
it feels like I virtually disappear 
... and I am adventuring alone.

Alone = Comfortable
*and always has*

As I have admitted in earlier posts, being vulnerable and 'exposed' is NOT my cup of tea. I read Brene Brown and sigh with admiration. Oh, the courage! And then I close and lock the door to my studio to create in peaceful isolation and comfort.

So I know that we teach what we ourselves need to learn, and I continue to learn that the journey has twists and turns, peaks and valleys, swampy bits and freezing snow. And then I gather myself, and resurface 
to thaw in your presence,
 my friends and fellow creatives.

I offer you a sampling of what's been keeping me sane in the studio!


If you care to open up to me and share a comment, I'd love to hear from you!
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Screeeeeeeeeeech!! . . . why has there been no movement?

5/13/2013

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Nothing tempts me to be distracted from a goal more than a blue skyed day with pleasant temperatures. Make that a whole week and a half of great sunny warm days. Add to the mix a hammock, and a good book. Followed by a small pinch of a maternal visit, and a special birthday. . . I really had no chance.

Sure those things are true, but the REAL REASON for my sudden stopping of postings and creative updates is that I got scared. Sharing my work with the world is a big deal for me (and many other creatives), but pushing myself to market it and sell it, well that's a whole other thing.

I just posted the previous blog post, as it sat in the 'drafts' folder for 2 weeks! I didn't edit it or add anything to it... for some reason, the fact that it contained the etsy link, paralyzed me completely!! A million self-doubting voices (some with rather reasonable messages) vying for my attention. So today I pushed "publish live' without giving it another thought. I made sure it was not going to post the update either on FB or Twitter, but it is here on the blog. Chances are  --and I am crossing my fingers hard -- that nobody will see either of these, and that gives me a small measure of relief! 


Movement = Risk ... and I guess I am still learning to be brave in this area of my life. Cheers to pressing the 'publish live' button one more time: hooray!

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