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Distracted

The death of a friend completely derailed my focus on everything about a month ago...  a death of an even closer friend derailed everything recently.  My footing is teneous and I keep wanting to distract myself from all things..  I have thrown myself into work, I have thrown myself into trying to heal. My creativity needs to get back on track.  I need to set a time of day that is  no disrupt time that I can draw, create, craft.  I think my quest to survive has been so all consuming because I am so far below the poverty line that any issue can tank my battleship so hard I could loose my apartment and all I have..  it is hard to have that tearing at the back of your mind all the time.  Food stamps and donations from a local food pantry has literally been and saved my bacon and fed my kids.  The need for a schedule that allows me to take care of my kids has been important.  So I worked part time at Starbucks - they have ben amazing but ...
The quest for monies took all my minutes and brain powers this last week.  January quest was stopped at drawing #9. Quest complete - but not completed. Now on to the next quest!  (can't stop the momentum - just need to keep showing up to the canvas) February is a sketchbook diary - something I have wanted to try for awhile now. I am three days into February and just starting - so behind but not behind.  Just need to get my journal set up for three pictures at least and keep going.  I will post pictures here as well as my Instagram account which can be found here:  https://www.instagram.com/tina.nordloh/ The day is almost half over - time to get my journal going :D