tuesday truths...winterblues
I've been struggling a little this winter...
I haven't quite been myself.
Winter always wears me down but this year
I'm a little bit sadder, a little more uncertain...
my self confidence is a little worse for wear
and my heart feels a little bruised...
I feel like if I pretend hard enough
that everything is A-OK...then...
maybe I can fool myself too.
And for the most part...it works.
But I am starting to feel a shift.
The days are getting just a smidgen longer...
that tiny extra bit of brightness
has been enough to push me forward a couple of steps.
I can feel a little spark of energy...
and I want to turn it into a full blown fire.
I have been getting back out with my camera
and even went back to the gym...
made it to yoga...spent some time in the hot tub/sauna...
walked through snow filled woods...
and started some new art projects that I am excited about.
I'm reading books and joining book clubs
and writing groups...sometimes you just have to
force yourself to keep going...until you realize you
aren't forcing it anymore...
there IS a light at the end of the tunnel...
just keep swimming
(OK. I might be getting my sayings confused
but you get my snowdrift).
whatcha readin'? {2018::book 4 - goal 24}
I kind of love books
about books.
And I love when authors
talk about writing and reading
and what has inspired them.
I really enjoyed this peek into what makes Anna Quindlen's
synapses fire. She talks of being a voracious reader as a child
and I totally get that.
When I was a kid, reading was my main choice of past-time
(except for Saturday mornings...that was totally reserved for smurfs and captain caveman).
And...there were reading lists...
I think we all know how I feel about lists!
(if you are new here...I LOVE THEM).
Totally worth checking out...lots of information
and insights around censorship as well as thoughts
on what makes for "good writing".
I definitely enjoyed reading this.
4 ♥♥♥♥'s out of 5
NEXT UP: LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE - CELESTE NG
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I like starting projects...
but I may not be that great at actually
finishing
them.
If you have been with me for a bit,
you will know that I am working on a 365 robot love project...
and that I have been slacking on it
just a little.
I haven't forgotten about it...
it's just that 365 is such a bigger number than I had
thought it was going to be.
But the good thing is
I never said it was going to be 365
IN A ROW
so I haven't really failed at it yet.
:)
But I started doing a book called
52 Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists
and thought
now THIS could be a fun project
to work on weekly and document on my blog.
There are 7 units in this book and 52 labs.
My intention is work through one lab a week
and post about it
over here
every Sunday.
I also intend to share some of my progress on Instagram
using #project52drawinglab ...
I am hoping that the more thought I put into this
the more likely I will be to complete it.
:)
and if you like to doodle
feel free to play along!
and if you are unfamiliar with Carla Sonheim
you should totally check out her
website
i love her work!
i should also mention that the link above is an affiliate link which just means
that if you happen to use any of my Amazon links and make a purchase while you
are there, I will get a small credit at no extra cost to you.
winter-wonder-land
I really wanted to go on a
friday adventure
yesterday
but, sadly, was without a car.
I'll admit...I felt a little pouty about it
when I first got out of bed
and saw that the sun was shining.
I looked out my bedroom window
and could see the sun shining bright through
the ice covered trees.
Ice covered trees?
That I could see from my window?
I jammed on a pair of jeans over my leggings,
threw on some fuzzy socks and purple docs
grabbed my camera and headed out the door
down to the park at the end of my street
and no word of lie...
it was like walking into another dimension...
like something out of a fairy tale.
i am not sure why...but i seem to have developed a slightly crazed looking selfie face.
Twinkly tiny fairy lights EVERYWHERE....
as far as the eye could see
against yellow, reds and greens...
with black branch silhouettes.
I stayed there til my hands were too cold
to shoot anymore and I'm pretty sure
tears were freezing in my eyelashes...
the park was empty...
just me and my camera.
The only sound was the shutter clicking
and the crunching of my boots
through snow that has no footsteps yet.
What a great way to start my weekend.