Pause
Posted on | January 29, 2006 | 11 Comments
The days slip by, a blur of busy moments. Sometimes before I really feel like day is here, night returns. I catch myself going too fast. I try to pause. I make tea and savor the whole cup: chai sweetened with raw sugar and milk.
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Things I am currently inspired by:
The really cool people I follow on TWITTER. The Talks. Line Juhl Hansen's studio + works in progress. The potential of green drinks. Misty Mawn's Instagram photos. And YOU.
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Current crushes {an ever changing list}:
35 before 35 (A list of things I am attempting this year):
1.Walk a slack line
2. Shoot a double exposure series with my holga
3. Learn to develop film in a dark room
4. Watch: Darjeeling Limited, and The Artist
5. A successful, joyful, profitable New England book tour.
6. Teach an e-course or workshop.
7. Explore the process of screen printing.
8. Paint with encaustic.
9. Run a 5K in 25 minutes.
10. Watch the sun rise from the top of a mountain.
11. Write 5 short essays or stories.
12. Host a interview series on my blog.
13. Spark curiosity.
14. Read: Contents May Have Shifted, and A Visit from the Goon Squad, and The Lover’s Dictionary.
15. Do one tiny creative act every day + keep a record.
16. Hear Elizabeth Strout read her work.
17. Buy flowers for myself. Especially pink peonies.
18. Do another small art tag sale.
19. Launch my new website.
20. Give unexpected presents.
21. Collect pretty plates.
22. Yoga. Do more of it.
23. Leave the country.
24.Paint a corner of my house aquamarine.
25. Say no to things that don’t ignite joy, spark creative potential, or fill my well.
26. Paint the rooster series.
27. Start trends, make waves, and create opportunities.
28. Teach Clover to heel.
29. Paint the large-scale canvases I’ve had in my studio for 3 years.
30. Make time to just be quiet every day.
31. Call my sisters regularly
32. Attend TEDx.
33. Throw a set of bowls on a potters wheel.
34. Ride the State of VT
35. Rock climb again.
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January 29th, 2006 @ 11:41 pm
Sounds delightful! And I love the colors here… perfect for the tone.
January 30th, 2006 @ 6:01 am
All my days and nights are blurring by like that right now. Where IS the pause button??
January 30th, 2006 @ 6:35 am
That usually takes the form of…”oh no! where did the day go?” for me. I love the tea-tones you used to create this painting. I also want to comment on the strong image below and your observations about the new group dynamics. So true! It will be interesting to revisit your first impressions after a while… I’m sure you will learn all kinds of things about one another, and perhaps you will have even made a new good friend. Good luck with your training:> So much forward movement in your life this year…
January 30th, 2006 @ 8:39 am
What a beautiful painting. Tea is my favorite and I love the words with the image.
January 30th, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
I just finished reading an essay I loved on Indigo Leaf and then I got to the end and found it was yours! Wonderful.
January 30th, 2006 @ 3:38 pm
the colors are perfect. very chai tea-ish.
January 31st, 2006 @ 3:03 pm
yummy colors, beautiful collage, and oh-so-true words!
January 31st, 2006 @ 3:15 pm
I like the transparency of the cup and the journaling added. There’s so much depth to this.
Karen – a fellow chai lover
January 31st, 2006 @ 6:31 pm
I want to try and create something like this for my dining room. It won’t be a beautiful as your I’m sure.
February 3rd, 2006 @ 8:29 pm
blurs of busy moments…sometimes this is so true. the reminder to slow down with tea. thank you.
February 4th, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
this is just gorgeous christina!