New Year

Okay, so the title of this post is a little blah...about like I've been feeling since Christmas. Wandering around in the dark world, pondering art and life and wondering if it's all really worth the struggle. I think this is something all creative people go through and more than just once in a while. But even when all the lights seem to be going out, I'll chance to glance up...

The sun is still shining and beauty still abounds in this barren winter land. We don't have snow like my Northern friends do, but the slant of the early morning and late evening sun with the golden rays striking the naked treetops stirs something inside me, lifts me up from the cold darkness, and restores my faith in myself and my art. And so I begin again.

It is now the end of January and I've made my resolution for this year. In a word, it is "Focus" as in focus on art/creativity. I think I might even get the new coffee table built by spring...ha, ha! But I'm going to focus alot on my art (the two-dimensional stuff) and see where that takes me this year. I've done a lot of sitting around, trying to keep warm, crochetting and thinking. Where do I want to go this year? Life is not all hopeless when we remember that we have the power to shape our lives even if sometimes we don't have the monetary means. I'm probably a bit too idealistic, but one has to have some hope to float or else just go down the drain. So I hope for this new year to be able to see a dream or two come to fruitation and to get that dratted coffee table built (along with matching end tables)!!! Wish me luck on that.

Well, time is short here at the library, so I'd better close this post before the two-minute warning. Sorta feel like I've just wasted space (and your time having to read this) with this post, but wanted to write something. Must keep moving along.

Stay Positive...Stay Creative!