Kindred

Two things, related:

"Suddenly she saw a little Sea Girl of about her own age in the middle of them - a quiet, lonely looking girl with a sort of crook in her hand. Lucy felt sure that this girl my be a shepherdess - or perhaps a fish-herdess - and that the shoal was really a flock at pasture. Both the fishes and the girl were quite close to the surface. And just as the girl, gliding in the shallow water, and Lucy, leaning over the bulwark, came opposite to one another, the girl looked up and stared straight into Lucy's face. Neither could speak to the other and in a moment the Sea Girl dropped astern. But Lucy will never forget her face. It did not look frightened or angry like those of the other Sea People. Lucy had liked that girl and she felt certain the girl had liked her. In that one moment they had somehow become friends. There does not seem to be much chance of their meeting again in that world or any other. But if they ever do they will rush together with their hands held out."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shalott ( Study)

(click on the picture for a better look. she's worth it.)

Funk

Been feeling really sore, stressed, and non-artsy lately. Also really tired. So this evening I listened to Anastasia whilst working on three different artsy projects. None of them requiring much by way of skill at the moment. But it was fun smearing paint around and nice feeling like i accomplished something, however insignificant. Plus Anastasia. Now if only the incredible pain in my neck would go away, i was able to work full time in my studio, and i could get sleep that actually left me rested we'd be making some progress...

Website

There is a new website that I am rather excited about for a variety of reasons. It's called The Art Pal and it's a site that Molly McLoughlin started recently to help people like me make some money off of artwork. For me, this is awesome, because I have a lot of old student work that I would never sell through my own business when I start it up, and I would never really want it in any current portfolio, and I wouldn't hang it up anywhere. But that doesn't mean it might not be perfect for someone else's wall. I only have a few pictures on my page so far, but tomorrow is my day off, so hopefully I'll be able to get a few more up there soon. I have some etchings in particular that I have duplicates of that I'd like to sell.

And if you or anyone else you know would be interested in joining to display art, great!

(Another big plus is that it puts me back in contact with Molly :) You rock, Molly! )

Another cool artsy thing from today is the first two issues of The Artist's Magazine that appeared in my mailbox. Hopefully they'll help give me more ideas and spur me on towards having my own viable business. What can I say? I really want to get out of the banking world!

Niece

Kaylee Briann Parrot ~ 7 lbs. 14 oz., 19 3/4 inches long, born 8:46 pm during the superbowl yesterday.

Welcome, Kaylee!

Salut!

Hi! How are you doing? I know, it's been forevor since last we talked...

Quick post to give you all an update on what's been happening, and what is hopefully to come.

Nothing momentous going on. I have been playing catch up on all of my various projects. Since I have a tendency to accumulate those this is a big thing for me. Especially since I'm actually making progress.

What's to come? Finishing the two biggest art projects I have in the works, and then a commited focus on building my own business and making money off of art. (It is possible! I know it! It has to be!) Specifically on this blog I will have a very special book review dedicated to Twilight. It will be a very abridged version of a paper I am currently writing for my own sanity and for the amusement of my coworkers and my manager's twilight-obsessed teenager. It will be titled "Twilight: A Rant" with a subtitle of "A discussion on the subject for the betterment of humanity." The complete paper will be filled with the premier collection of twilight bashing pictures gleaned from the internet, but it won't all be humorous. I really do have some serious objections to the books that I want to talk about. And then I will shut up and pray that it all goes away.

I've missed everybody! If I disappear for anything close to this long again please come looking under rocks and bring me back to you!