spring skies, writing & wonky art

Never work just for money or for power.

They won't save your soul

or help you sleep at night.

- Marian Wright Edelman

I just bought myself this new box of Crayolas.

Happiness = $5.00

I guess money does buy happiness. :)

This place will be far more fun

once the snow is gone. :)

We are all breathing a little easier

now that the ice has broken up on the bay.

It's taking all the energy I have these days

to do my job from 9 to 5,

and stay afloat with the rest of my life.

So the art is a little wonky.

And no, i am not on drugs
although sometimes,
I consider it. :)

Check out the half clouded sky.
You could literally see the clouds
come rolling in.

2 fisherman on the wharf...

acrylic and pencil on paper.

I like this one,

even if she looks a little sad.

Oh, and I'm just finishing an on-line course

with the lovely Christine Mason Miller

called "the Conscious Booksmith"

(a mindful approach to creating your book).

My head is swimming with thoughts & ideas

and i cannot wait to have time to myself,

to finally put pen to paper

in a way that doesn't feel rushed.

There was a chapter on rejection

and how there is rarely a writer out there

who has not been rejected.

I once read that Stephen King

had an entire wall covered in rejection slips.

J.K. Rowling had her Harry Potter book

rejected by several publishers

before ONE finally said yes.

Rejection doesn't just apply to writers.

It applies to life in general.

Divorce is rejection.

Losing a job is rejection.

Not getting a job.

Not making the team.

Not being selected for an art show.

Not being invited to the party.

Losing that connection with someone...

Dreams aren't made real

because rejections are avoided;

dreams are made real

because the dreamer keeps going

despite them.

- Christine Mason Miller

Wishing you all a soft Sunday.
xx