Artistic Musings

I think waking up at 5am has become my new thing, I'm just all of a sudden awake. I am finding that waking up this early allows me to get more things done. This is first on that list - update the blogger :) So I'm working on a coloring book - it will be wonderfully cute when I'm done, and it's all my own design. My publisher is working with me on it to get the details right. When it's finished I will have 41 original images that are printed on one sided super thick Bristol board. Technically I'm working on four coloring books. It would be awesome if I am able to get them all out this year!! I just finished image 12 of the rough drafts in my first coloring book, I need to count the number of pages I have for the second one. They are currently in my "need to file pile" The second one I'm working on is going to be a small chunky book - I'm LOVING these smaller ones - they just pop into my head from no where - it is sooo awesome. I need...

I have opened up my life in new and interesting ways, and as a result have found something I didn't know I had lost. Working through the Artist Way book - I finally made it past week 6 and am open to the idea that I wish to push forward and really learn what it means to become fully enmeshed in my artwork and have the focus to pursue it. What I have found is my passion, my ability to be in love with life again. I'm not sure where I lost it, or where it went - but finding it again I feel so alive, so fully in the moment. Everything revolves around spending time making life fun and bright and shiny again. I don't mean by buying new things - but in fact by making new things. To take the old drab look and spice it up to be more myself. To go into cohorts with my husband and make our house more about our life and less about the crap to person ratio. When I put color to paper, or words in sentences I feel a sense of freedom. Kinda like you imagine a child who has just ...

Ok - so I opened my morning pages that I started writing on 1-24-2007 - over two years ago. The first paragraph that I ran into inspired me to post it - it hit me square between my eyes and helped me like me a bit more. At least I started on an interesting note :) So here goes - lemme know what you think :) 1-24-2007 9:09 AM Wednesday (yes I put the day and time - helps me have a point of reference) Welcome to the first page of my 2007 journal. Warning the contents of these pages are my private musings and explorations. All opinions are subject to change in the middle of the page as well as from day to day. All venting or complaining are merely for the purpose to explore these feelings and may or may not contain valid opinions or feelings. You are entering an artists mind and life - sanity generally is a loosly used term or description. yup - as I re-read it here it still hits home. That's incredibly accurate and I feel kinda awesome that I had the wisdom and the skill to...

I have joined the reconnecting passion of the latest new thing called Facebook. I know there's a myspace - I was afraid of the rumors that it had turned into a over glorified free for all with no moral basis. I have no proof - but it was enough to make it so that I did no more than make an account so I could see pages friends wanted me to view. On Facebook though I've found a home - a place to play - and all of a sudden some wonderful old friends. It's like a High School reunion without the travel costs - minus all the wierd awkwardness because there are pictures, and histories, and chats. I'm really enjoying seeing old friends, and reconnecting with the people that used to know me. I have no idea what the future will hold, but if it's filled with good friends I'm really looking forward to it. I forget that alot of people didn't know that Caleb and I had married - that we have been married for 13 years. I forget sometimes that it wasn't general ...

Yesterday was fantastic! I had my first girls day out with 4 other women in about 10 years. I've never been one to have alot of women as friends, and thus the whole ritual of "girls night out" has been a rare occurrence. Yesterday was the exception to the rule in all categories! We went to Dazzle in down town Denver - I HIGHLY recommend it! We went to the brunch, and the food was fantastic, the music was enchanting. The din of talking customers was a tad on the noisy side, and the wine was flowing freely by the time we got there at several tables so of course they got louder. I suggest if a trip is planned, prepare to clap after every song - the musicians need to know the crowd appreciates their art! FYI - make reservations - it's a very popular spot!! So after we were stuffed to the gills with fresh raspberries , cream brullie ( sp ??), fresh omelets , spicy Cajun fish, cheesy grits and an array of mouth watering delectable's - we walked the 4 blocks...

I've put new images on the website. Romancing the Arts Show is finished, down and returned to the artists! New shows are in the process of being put together and settled. I can't believe it's March! What happened to January - I swear someone pushed the fast forward button. It's all a blur of dishwashing, laundry, meetings, planning, thousands of emails, small bits of time playing World of War Craft (I was a really bad addict - now I'm a sometimes visitor), planning committee's, listening sessions, LOTS of phone calls, and alot of drawing and doodling. I feel like the world has accepted me as an artist, and then went "so can you handle THIS" lol - so far the answer is yes. Surprising even to me. I am surrounded by caring intelligent people who are teaching me so many wonderful things. I have alot to learn, and ALOT of questions to ask. I'm learning to be less egotistical and know it all - because in actuality I am just learning so many thi...