Three months into retirement and I don't have enough time in my day to work on anything! I've plenty of envious friends who comment about 'how wonderful you now have time to do your art'. And yes, wonderful now no papers to grade, no lesson plans to file and no supplies to gather. But time? Hahahahahaha! The interruptions from the variety of delivery people, home repair services, errands, and the ever present laundry seem to fill the inbetween hours of my day without any holes for the actual concentrated work on art to leak thru.
I have resorted to ignoring home duties, escaping to my studio to work, and then making every effort to focus on the art piece under my hand. It's an exercise in personal dedication. I understand why writers take to desert islands to write in peace, why actors closet themselves in out of town hotel rooms to memorize parts and why musicians write music wearing headphones. Tuning out and turning away from the distractions of daily life is a real trick, indeed.
So, with great smugness I announce that I have completed three, yes, 3 drawings and about 20+ hand decorated masks. That's from mid-August until now, the beginning of November.
I also have a Tumblr blog, Mixing Media, and have tried to spiffify this blog site.
And in rereading this, I see I should work on my writing skills which seem to have deteriorated upon reaching retirement age. Ah, just what I need - something else to fill my time.
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