making art

Well, it's all about doing it and growing and changing. I'm in a rought spot now. Transitional I guess. but I keep plugging away waiting for the damn to break. I'm on my way to a new direction. Nothing satisfies me. This is the hard part. At this point I begin to doubt myself. I have given up in the past but now I can remember that it's just a transitional period and it passes -- as long as I keep working.

Sorry for the gap in posting. It was Christmas. I was on the road a lot visiting. It was great!

Tonight I feel like partying but no parties to go to. This is the result of being on my own a lot and avoiding others. When the time comes I'm alone. I made a couple of phone calls but no one had any parties to suggest. Oh, well.

I know I posted about this earlier. I should look it up . If I could predict when I would be like this I could plan ahead! Let me know if there are any parties tomorrow. I might still feel this way!

As to art, yes, I am working. On my web site, on a piece that's about fog and random skies. It's very dreamy. I'm also gearing up to do some commercial writing. I like writing -- which you probably can't tell by the amount I post here. I do a lot of unpublished writing. It's a creative outlet but it's also something I like to do for work. I can be more businesslike about my writing for some reason. Art is my baby. Not sure about that. But I'll keep hacking away at it. Just keep coming back. We'll all learn something.

I tried three times to copy and paste in an entry and it didn't work. The copy and paste part worked but the "Save" part didn't. So I put it on my blogger blog. The other blog. (This makes the fourth try. Darn thing won't save! What? What have I done?)
It's hard to work when I'm pensive. Which is what Christmas holiday season does to me. By the time I get used to all the excitement, it's New Year's day. Shucks.
Aside from that, I got up at 3 am this morning, finally got back to sleep around 5 and then woke up late, naturally. So no morning creative exercises. I did work on a piece the other day. Guess it was Thursday. I have not idea what it is but it started out with making spheres that look like balloons. But they're round. Not like real balloons.
<comment>Well, that was interesting! Three posts to the journal using IM. Wonder why I couldn't just edit it. <end comment>

running toilets and art and writing

I got the toilet to stop running. I replaced the guts of the tank. I've discovered that just about every job around the house involves using all the tools I own (one toolbox full). It took me 3 and a half hours to fix the toilet. The hard part was getting out the old stuff. Putting in the new stuff only took about 20 minutes.

So that left little time for anything else on Sunday but just the things that needed to get done, like walking the dog.

Tonight I worked on my brother's website (not public yet). And then I spent way too much time reading blogs. However, I did do my morning journaling and posted a new daily visual message.

This darn thing won't take my edits today. The picture was there on Sunday, but now it's not. :::::::sigh::::::::::

adding pictures to the side bar

Trying to get this into the "About Me" section. Mysteriously, I uploaded this picture to my AOL Hometown directory and yet the picture is not listed when I select "add picture." However, I renamed it with lowercase extension, re-uploaded it and it's there now. Is this a Mac thing? Hmmm....

morning

I'm feeling wonderful. And hopeful. I'm going to go do my morning creative exercises. Today is a "work" day. I'm going to be working around the place. Lots of little things, like stopping the toilet from running. It really flies on that porcelain leg.

Anyway. Just wanted to get this down. Also listening to the dog barking outside. Go, Pip!

a gift for you

I've posted a page for downloading a free winter art desktop. It's free to you. You can choose from two sizes. I've had this art on my desktop for 4 months now. I guess it's one of my favorites. I've quit making prints, so if you're interested in a more permanent version of this art, just let me know. (Put something good in the subject line of your email, like "I Want to Buy the Free Desktop!" so I can expedite your request.) Holidays can be good, too.

cyber life

I looked for an online writing class today and found a couple that looked pretty good. I could live with a laptop and satelite connection to the internet. That's all I need. Everything I need is out there on the net. No need to ever go anywhere ever again.

Once I'm confident in my writing skills I can find a publisher and make a living. Then I can be anywhere, on a mountain top in Nepal, on the beach in the bahamas, hiking the Applachain Trail, on a yacht in the pacific. Anywhere. So lovely. Someday.