blue monday

it is raining...very yucky outside today. supposed to turn to snow & sleet. i am so ready for spring. couldn't sleep well last night. i did get a little bit of studio time yesterday and saturday. its never as long as i wish it was. i am so happy working in my studio. problem is that i get sidetracked. all the pretty things to play around with in there. i go from one project to the next. need to focus...get some things done. i signed up with etsy this weekend. very cool website. lots of pretty things out there. 

i played some more with my digital projects. i have a school photo showing a one room school house with the students and teacher outside along with report cards from 1927 in kentucky. they made a nice digital piece. 

must remain focused...

got my font library today. installed fonts. seems like there's not as many as it boasted. not sure why. i could see myself becoming a font junkie. i love fonts. they are each so cool. of course, some are boring. i like the unique ones. i love serifs. not everyone has an appreciation for fonts and writing. there is a beauty in writing. that's why i've dabeled in calligraphy. i am ok at it, but find i do not have enough patience. you have to have great patience to do calligraphy. my friend linda does beautiful calligraphy (see her website under "links for artistic inspiration"). she tells me i need to practice. 

i don't like to practice - i like to experiment. i like being on the edge, not following the rules. i don't follow recipes...not to the letter anyway. i take a recipe and make it my own by adding an ingredient i think i'd like better or leaving something i don't care for out... or just to be different. my art is that way too. my life is that way. except maybe for driving. i try to obey the rules then! its difficult to improvise when you're driving. 

maybe what you drive is improvising. i used to love really cool sports cars (ok, i still do) but now i opt for something more practical. because i need to haul my dogs around, i love a hatchback. i've got my subaru outback sport and its been a great car for the past 9 years. i've never had a car that long. ever. even new cars i've tired of them and got a new one to replace it. the only car that's come close was my mazda rx7 - before my son totaled it. oh well. that was a very long time ago. i'm sure my next car will be a subaru, but the one i've got now has a lot of life left in it - and no rust.