Yikes, it’s Wednesday!… another slow start to my week. First we have a homey Valentines Day under a Cancer Moon moving into a passionate Full Leo Moon this Friday, Feb. 18th just when the Sun enters Pisces. Then the weekend will be spent under the Virgo Moon.
As for me personally… and in light of the upcoming creativity of the Full Leo Moon…. I’ve been playing with my daughter a lot and I’ve been thinking about painting, colors, and what kind of subject matter am I interested in, (all the while avoiding housework.) I am in the third week of my online painting class, Get Your Paint On, and I am really loving it. You can read about my process and see what I am working on here. If you haven’t taken an online art class, I highly recommend it. They are reasonably prices, convenient and you can go at your own pace. Plus, you can work with artists and designs that you admire and connect to a much larger online community of fellow creatives.
As I am journeying more deeply into the inquiry of how my painting work wants to evolve, I feel myself pulled in several directions regarding making my work, selling my work and battling with myself over the idea of “storing” my work. Yes, that last one is a major hangup for me. Am I allowed to explore my painting, experiment, try things out without knowing what my “end game” is? I know the answer is yes, but my thrify-self says, what are we going to do with all that shit you make in the process!!! It is that voice that speaks most loudly to me know. Coming from the part of me that works as an Intuitive Consultant… I have to remind myself Making Art is not about making a living. It’s about making a life. There, I’ve said it. Now… paint brush to palette, let’s make some shit!
Fianlly, I have to share this pic from my stormy run today around Scollenberger park. As I ran, I listened to an NPR interview of Peggy Orenstein discussing her book Cinderella Ate My Daughter. Fascinating shit, if you have a little girl who loves to dress fancy 2-8, which I do. (My husband and I have been slightly horrified by the over-the-top merchandising/pushing of pink and princesses.) Let me know if you’ve read it yet. I am dying to get my hands on it.
