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A story about slowing down: Waiting for Ackee
As I was rushing to the You Do You Leslie Grove Gallery exhibit to get there for the 6 PM start time opening, I realized I had not eaten anything and would be starving by the time I arrived at the gallery. I could literally be a starving artist. I stopped by the KASPACE café,…
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Frame for a Gallery, Frame Your Mind
Last weekend, I had to frame my artwork. The Leslie Grove Gallery has particular specifications and this being my first ever indoor gallery exhibit, I wanted to make sure I did it right. Artists are procurement people Queue yet another trek out to DeSerres art supply store. The thing people may not think about being…
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Getting up
I got up today and made 5 two point perspective boxes. Realized I forgot how to do this but the instructions were clear from class. I watched again the Studio Ghibli Howl’s Moving Castle yesterday part way through. There is so much detail that is mesmerizing. I read the book by Diana Wynne Jones many…
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Making self-compassion to generate new thought patterns
I usually post two social media posts a week, one on Mondays and another on Wednesdays. The Wednesday reels are more time consuming. I have to edit the video and add text. Of course, I also need the time to make the actual art itself which is being posted. Making something else to substitute my…
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Managing Time with Creating Art
As the days draw close to the art show, I’m doing some extra marketing to help promote it. A friend had reminded me of a recent Struthless video which discussed imagining if I failed at something in the future, and it was totally my fault, to analyze what happened. Given my last post was about…
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Uncertainty and the fear of failure
It’s now September 2. The art show is coming up in a few weeks and I have no idea how exactly it will go. Part of me is worried about how my expectations are too high. My imagination runs wild: I’ll be sitting there, alone, in the rain, stormy clouds threatening lightning. The pool noodles…
