Today I'm flipping the
switch on "Resistance" to "Doing the work"...Yes I've much
to do that calls to me; the house needs to be prepared to go on the market come
April 1st., it needs to be de-cluttered and cleaned top to bottom (my studio has infiltrated into every room in
the house...bet you have a similar problem...) The lovely ponderosa
pines that surround my house have shed their winter coat...again! in this
unseasonably warm and dry winter. I really need to get to the gym. There are
loose ends that still need tending after my mother's passing in January. My
haircut is way overdue. The weather is beautiful, wouldn't it be nice to take
my camera and sketch pad to locate some plein air subjects? All worthy endeavor's that keep or should I
say "allow" me to avoid my brushes and the partially completed
painting on my easel. Sound familiar?
Oh yes, and this blog, my email, checking
in with my online painting buddies, watching my new Richard Schmid video, checking out all those useful YouTube video's
I've found etc. etc. etc…They all go by
the name: Resistance. Worthy in and of themselves, but not my priority this day!
The theme in 'The War
of Art' is "do the work!"
Today I finish the 11x14 painting that is from Jo V's last Saturday online
paint-a-long. (see the link in the side bar) I will upload once done
with Resistance taking a back seat.
Looking towards the new day, I am preparing my canvas' for this month's
workshop challenge from Richard Robinson, (The Complete Artist, side bar) and the Paint My Photo challenge. (Side
bar)
So today, I will do my best and
surrender the rest...and perhaps I will have time to take care of some other
less important things.
“Most of the shadows of this life are caused
by our standing in our own sunshine.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Keep
your brushes dancing!
Carolyn
S. Brunsdon, Artist
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