Welcome 2010

I am sooo glad 2009 is over! Too many opportunities missed & bad habits continued. This year I'm heading into the new year with a sense of purpose - I am going to do my best to do this year the things I always put off. No, I can't honestly say it was all bad last year, and I'm glad for the Best of '09 Challenge started by Gwen Bell, which helped me think back on some of the good things. You can see my posts on that here. But it also made me think of how much good I let pass me by, which really helped strengthen my resolve to make this a much, much better year. So in a way, I'm glad for the realization that all I missed out on is my own fault.

I'm resurrecting this blog to follow along with Gwen's next project, hinted at here, instead of cluttering up my other blog, At The Studio Door, with all the art-y goodness I plan on doing. Of which artsy posts should soon be continuing shortly, if you're interested in taking a peek.

Ok, that's all for now. Have a good night everyone & See you soon!

Moving to new blog

Hi all, just wanted to say that I've done what I've been thinking of doing for a couple months, and started a new blog, ::At The Studio Door:: I will use the new blog to focus on my progress as I grow my body of artwork and set up a venue to sell my work.

I will still keep this blog around, although I can't promise I'll post with any regularity. That focus will go to the other blog, since one of the reasons I'm doing it is to keep myself on track creatively. I know I haven't been consistent with this blog at all, a lot of that has to do with lack of focus of what I want to say here. I've never been all that happy with the name either (an inside joke between my brother and I). But the journaling aspect of this blog has helped me sort some things out, whether that came across on these pages or not. I'm trying to keep the new blog positive....And I'll need some place to come and vent my frustrations about all kinds of things, so I'll be around :-)

Come on over and visit me in my new cyber home, atthestudiodoor.blogspot.com, and see what I've got cookin over there. My goal is to post there 3 times a week....Wish me luck!

Time is a limited resource...

...and, like all resources, should be spent wisely. This is something that I need to keep my focus on in the coming days. What is the best way for me to spend my time - will my actions help me move incrementally towards my goals, or away from them? Shall I distract myself from my frustrations with mere entertainment, or will I look inward and pull from deep down the resolve to stay focused, ever moving forward on my right path?

I'm here...

...and all moved in to my new apartment. As of three weeks ago, this place is my own - well, with one cat that's still unsure of this place. I felt like a visitor here at first, and I'm still waiting on a bookcase that will be given to me but isn't quite ready for me yet, but I'm mostly unpacked and ready to do something creative! Only...it's been so long since I've done any artwork that I'm at a loss for what to do? The muse has been kept at bay with weeks upon weeks of searching, applying, packing, unpacking, purchasing, exhausting myself... Maybe if I start sorting through some materials, inspiration will strike :-)

I just signed up for another e-course.... hmm, is this going to become a habit?





I'm so excited I'll be joining Marisa of Creative Thursday for her second running of her "In The Fishbowl" class! It's all about navigating the waters of being an artist online. I think I'm jumping the gun here yet again, as I'm still struggling to make time for making art, and nowhere near having a career with this yet, but the opportunity is too good to pass up. And the other class I'm taking now - A Course in Trust, which I'm still not too sure about actually, but then again that is probably my "trust issue" speaking - this week's class talked about trusting yourself and your instincts. Thinking about the In The Fishbowl class makes me feel all warm and fuzzy and energized, and that is the very feeling that I'm supposed to be following, no?





Amazingly the class begins late September, which is about the time that I should be fully moved/settled in and studio area outfitted, and more than ready to begin my creative adventures in my new space. A cosmic line-up to be sure!

Moving right along....

Hey there - Yes I know, three weeks have passed and where are those photos I promised to post? Well after spending 3 or 4 days of spare time to delete the photos that didn't turn out so well, and rename them so I'd remember later exactly what was I doing in that shot?, I still haven't uploaded them or emailed them to any family & friends either, so this little bloggy blog here isn't the only one lacking marvelous pictures of my trip!

I actually have my hands full at the moment with apartment hunting and slowly packing, trying to get a handle on my issues at the Day Job (tardies, lack of motivation, etc.), carving out some little (very little) time for my artwork, and I think I just might have to re-do this blog here anyway. I've been thinking that I need to have a landing page for my artwork, not just my thoughts about life & stuff, and I don't want to be here linking about the stylish this or that found on the interwebs like everyone else does (because I love you all and already read your blogs, so why do I need to duplicate what you've already got working so well?) so....

Once I move, and have an actual studio area set up for myself, I plan to set up a separate blog to post more regularly about my daily adventures in exploring my creativity. I'm not going to abandon this page here, but the best thing about this page for me has always been getting my thoughts out of my head and out there somewhere. So that is what I'll be focusing on for Ninja Haiku in the future (and then I won't have to worry about the fact that nobody reads this page LOL).

Until then, maybe the occasional post here and there about my struggles (omg why do a quarter of the apartments ads on craigslist appear to be scams of one sort or another????)... take care!

Summer Vacation

I just got back from a trip to Sedona, AZ... talk about a magical place! It's hard to describe the beauty of nature up there, how amazing the famous Red Rocks are. I'm already missing it! Within half an hour of getting to my accommodations there in the Village of Oak Creek, I knew that I would have to return someday. I can imagine myself living there, that's for sure!

I took many, many pictures, and have much more to tell about the trip.... will post more when I get the chance!