Unblocking.....

Today I moved into my new studio space at The Quarry!! Some photos and further musings will follow, but all I can is that it felt like coming home.....

And I can already feel the creative block starting to crumble.....

Things to look forward to....

OK...... In light of that last post, heres a little reminder to myself of what I have to look forward to coming soon

1. Bjork Gig.











2. HOLIDAY!!












3. NZ Expo.













4. Shell island Camping (hopefully!)













5. Paris for Sarahs 30th

















Thoughts of these things make me smile

Block

I have a really bad case of creative block. Its awful

So many people who had held exhibitions spoke about the feeling of crash and burn they experienced after the event. The comedown from the high.

After mine, I was still on a high for quite some time. Then we got involved in all the house stuff in order to sell. And since my artroom went, I have felt quite disjointed and displaced. I suppose with my room there I could at least go and sit in it if I felt like it, and I automatically felt more creative. Often a painting or some mark making would come from nowhere. Now i have nowhere to go at the moment. Nowhere to make a mess. The flat is so neat and tidy. I still have the studio, but there is such a pressure to use the space and be creative that it kind of freezes me up. I don't know what to do! And lack of creativity makes me give into things like mindlessly using the internet..... wasting hours with nothingness. This in turn makes me feel even less creative. Vicious cycle!

Somehow I need to get my energy and my focus back. My word for the year seems to have got lost a little. Or maybe there has been so much change going on that I have overloaded on it!!

There is a light at the end of the tunnel....... I have been offered some studio space at The Quarry in Weston where I had my exhibition. It not a massive space, but it is a short walk away, I can go there any time I want, and its more space than I have available to me at the minute! I'm hoping this will provide the energy to burst through the creative blocks! I also think I need to post here about the house with pictures of how it looks now and refect on it all.

Its been a difficult few months, but now I feel like its time to start shaking it all off. Its just that I'm not quite sure how to do that at the moment.....

Booked

Im off to Pefkos, a small little resort in Rhodes, Greece with Heather for a week of Sun, wine, swimming and relaxing in May.
Can't wait