more progress on this piece, slower today as my body wanted some more rest but noticeable changes.

work all day without a thought except that I am pursuing a skill that is hundreds of years out of date and who would ever want this thing.

This week is going to be one of lowered productivity as the Midgets are staying in their cages all week long; well perhaps I’ll be taking them out for some cultural enlightenment but for the most part they will just be resting and playing in their little space adjacent to my studio. This will require extra attention and focus from me on their well-being, which is not a terrible use of my time/attention by any means. So, as a result, my studio practice will be less driven than the previous week. I am happy to report that the illumination that I had been working on last week was completed yesterday, and already I have begun another border on a fresh sheet. I am really excited by this new pursuit, especially as I see that there is a great deal of growth potential in this area for myself personally and as an Artist.

Now on the easel

Illuminating progress

Illumination project sitting on my desk

On the Drying rack

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For the past six days, I have willingly gone on a hiatus from Facebook. I removed access for all apps and pulled it from my Klout score. (Aside, I still give a shit about my Klout!?!) Why? I’m trying to impart a change in habits. Let’s pretend that I measured my daily activities and arrived at an hour and a half spent on Facebook. To what point? Let’s instead invest that time taking care of actions and tasks that I care more about, such as putting more content into my own website. Or helping others develop their own lives more. Or just painting. So far, it’s been pleasing to have a little more time to do my thing. I’ve also noticed that I’ve dropped off on reading news stories on the interwobble, particularly as I see that they are mostly feeding the monsters, Fear and Envy. So there we are.
What am I doing more of? Well, tweeting is one thing. Blogging, but I have at least two projects working at a time now. I think with the recent studio rearrangement it might be possible to increase the number of concurrent projects upwards, so that there is at least one project in each level of the process. Oh and since I have a couple of different processes to use, it might be possible to fill each one with a project for each level! That would be simply amazing to have up to fifteen projects working simultaneously! Let’s see where this takes me.