I am a self taught mixed media artist and instructor living in Virginia with my Husband and our family of fur babies. I love all things vintage and strive to use those discarded bits of artistic flotsam and jetsum in my creations. I also love finding those treasures that others can use to feather their souls and their nests so please check out my Etsy Shop as well. Thank you for stopping by.
Sometimes it seems that we go happily along...everything goes our way and not a gray cloud mars our sky. Then, out of nowhere or possibly somewhere that you hid it, a life lesson or two or six comes your way. Some of these life lessons are just things we do to ourselves and they come in the shape of worry or a lack of self confidence or self-esteem.
This has been a time of those life lessons for me and while I would like to pick up a paint brush and just color out those gray spots I've decided that the time has come to deal with some of them head on. Now I could sit here and tell you how painful it has been so far because it has and I could tell you how many tears I have cried over them because I have but I don't want to dwell on that aspect of these lessons. In fact, the good part, the happy part, the loving part of these lessons has given me so much more than tears and pain.
I have gained new friendships, I have seen old friendships strengthened, I have felt loved, I have felt cared for, I have felt carried when I didn't think it was possible to move one more step, I have been empowered in my own art and accepted for it and that was all done as me. Me, who I am at my core with no masks, no attempt to be something I am not...simply me.
I am going to begin a little project on November 1st by posting a daily affirmation or daily exercise to help get us all motivated to love ourselves, to appreciate our art to see ourselves as the special, unique person/artist/individual that we are. It is an exercise for me as I work on being a better me and it's a commitment to you.
xo,
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