Starving Artist
The unexpected adventures of last weekend (see Mistie's post) and the anticipation of next weekend's very planned out adventures (we're going to Norfolk, VA for a reunion concert of one of our favorite bands that broke up more years ago than I like to admit) have left us completely broke this weekend. Having no money or having a whole lot of money are two crummy situations with the same root problem: both situations force one to think about money and thinking about money is, at best, boring and, at worst, insanely stressful.
I'm thinking, though, that being broke might work to my advantage. My two big goals for this summer were to write and to make art, and so far I've done only a little tiny bit of each. I've been at the beach a lot, had friends visit, had lots of fun adventures and even a fair bit of travel--all good things for collecting inspiration. Now I need to settle down and make something of all that. Maybe staying close to home will force me to focus a little bit. How's that for looking on the bright side? :)
I'm going to work on a collage today. Maybe not the big one; it's intimidating me a bit. Maybe I'll just do some fun, smaller art project as a way of working out the big one. Maybe that time bent over the table gluing little bits of paper will let my brain relax and get something going in the writing department as well.
I'm thinking, though, that being broke might work to my advantage. My two big goals for this summer were to write and to make art, and so far I've done only a little tiny bit of each. I've been at the beach a lot, had friends visit, had lots of fun adventures and even a fair bit of travel--all good things for collecting inspiration. Now I need to settle down and make something of all that. Maybe staying close to home will force me to focus a little bit. How's that for looking on the bright side? :)
I'm going to work on a collage today. Maybe not the big one; it's intimidating me a bit. Maybe I'll just do some fun, smaller art project as a way of working out the big one. Maybe that time bent over the table gluing little bits of paper will let my brain relax and get something going in the writing department as well.