The hardest part about blogging

Mixed media portrait paintings
in my art journal

The hardest part about blogging for me has always been the writing part. It’s especially difficult when I’ve spent all my creative energy on new paintings.

Today, I brainstormed for over an hour. I wrote. I deleted. I wrote more. Deleted. I tried to find a quote that might work instead. I came up empty handed.

I ask myself routinely why my artwork can’t be enough. Why must I hold myself to adding conversation on top of it? I’m an artist, not a writer. Who set these stupid rules anyway? Oh, yeah..I did. Doh.

Silly thinking on my part. Of course my artwork can be enough. Now, and always.

What I’ve been watching:

Lonely life of 92 year old grandmother at the edge of the world is far from civilization.

I watched this beautiful short 30 min documentary a couple days ago, and can’t stop thinking about this lady. Her story is haunting me, especially the part at the end where her grandson said he’d come back in the summer. That’s far too long for her to be alone, imo, especially with the amount of work it takes to provide heat, water & food for herself. Plus, she has no way to communicate with anyone, I assume. Oh, my heart. I hope they do a follow up on her.

Happy old age of an elderly couple in a mountain village in winter far from civilization.

This lovely couple also lives in Ukraine, and it’s another fascinating story.

Reading:

Karola Pezarro Conjures Hidden Thoughts and Emotions Through Gauzy Embroidered Portraits

I thought of my bestie Wanda when I saw these. xoxo

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a lovely creative day.

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