no. 2

i'm still here.
(sheepish smile)

i've been a little swamped and a little too numb lately. i'm realizing again that the longer i wait to make art, the harder it is to do (instead, i'll just clean my house, or sew another skirt, or blah blah blah....). it feels good to process emotions this way.... i forget that too easily.

however, in my defense, the paper process is a little more daunting to me.... and a LOT more messy, which brings me to a major frustration of our living space right now: that my computer sits on my art table and i hate it being messy when i want to be on the computer or doing my design projects. we also use my computer as the entertainment resource for tv shows and movies, so having little pieces of paper and glue and knives lying around just makes it feel crazy...and a little dangerous.

so yeah. in other news... i'm listening to harry potter on cds at work. it's helping all the holiday display prep to be little easier as i can get lost in the story. i'm shocked at how quickly time is passing. i knew it would be like this, but i can't believe it's already halloween and then it will be thanksgiving so fast and then christmas again already. weird.

russ is starting to hunt for jobs, so we could be re-locating again soon. we want to road trip to our next destination... because it would be fun and because i don't trust my plants to a relocation company. i'll try to take garden pics again when the rain stops. i've gotten so many more plants, it looks like a rainforest outside our front door. :) i may not luck into such a temperate climate the next go around.

cheers everyone! and i hope to be posting more regularly again. i had fun with this collage, i'll try to ride the motivational feelings.

-sam

no. 1

so the collage series begins. i probably won't be doing one every day... but maybe a few per week until i get to 100 again. this should be an interesting experiment for me, as i will be working with colors (infinitely more possibilities!).

i'm going to try and get some vintage magazines and picture books (donations welcome!) for more interesting scraps... for now i'm working with origami paper and solids from the art store.

i've been asking those big life questions again lately... like am i really happy with what i'm doing? is my notion of happiness realistic? what do i really want to be doing with my life? what is in the way of that?

and why do i spend sooooo much time "piddling" (our family term for time-wasting) online?

i need a little more self-discipline in my life... to stay on the track that aligns with my dreams and my priorities. sometimes it is so much easier to drift into numbness and just tune it all out.

here's to a friday full of clarity and focus!
sam

NYC

we went to new york this weekend and had a lot of fun in a short amount of time.

i posted a bunch of pics on my flickr page (you can just click the photo above to see them).

i did however get insanely claustrophobic going down the escalator to the train. something about being underground away from the sun and air was really turning on my anxiety issues. not fun.

but otherwise it was awesome. i loved the little boroughs and the buildings climbing ever higher on all sides. i got to shop at PurlSoho, my favorite fabric store. i also went to the Met and century 21. all in all it was inspiring and fun.

plus i got to see scott and andrea, which was awesome, if only for a few hours.

cheers!
sam