An update on what's no longer missing in my studio space

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about how my studio space was missing a place for current projects or works in progress.

It is really cool to have that in my studio. I've been doing stuff. Just a few minutes ago, I put together a collage of a bunch of paper money & coins I saved from my 1990 trip to Italy & Greece. I'd been wanting to do it for ages.

Over the weekend, I finished a project I started at Christmas. I took some clear flat marble like "stones" from a hobby store... and glued Christmas pictures on the back. The glue dries clear and voila... a neat bunch of Christmas "stones". (Okay... I've got to get a camera to show you all what I did).

I also fixed a yarn doll I made that had started coming undone.

I wet the back of a watercolor I painted 2 years ago to flatten it out. When I initially did it... I forgot to wet the back, so it ended up curling lengthwise. Now... it lays flat.

I'm happy to be creating things again. The "Works in progress" zone is really helping.

What was missing from my studio space

A couple of weeks ago, it hit me. My art studio/office space was missing something very important. I had artwork on display, sacred mementos on display, plenty of storage for supplies, and a good table (an old computer desk) to do projects on in the center of the room so I could walk all the way around it. But a couple of weeks ago, I realized I didn't have any place to put works in progress such as projects I was working on or that needed finishing. So, I went through everything, moved stuff around, finding several unfinished projects in the process. And now... I have it. A space for unfinished projects or works in progress. Now I can see what I have to work on. As I finish each project and empty that space out ... I also get a visual message of completion.

And suddenly... a shot rang out, the maid screamed, and a pirate ship appeared on the horizon

Somewhere I've got a Snoopy book of cartoons where he writes a novel called "It was a dark and stormy night"... and it goes something like the subject line above. And it's got nothing to do with anything. I just typed it.

So... my domestic partnership health benefit package includes membership in a fitness center. Tomorrow I'm going to visit one of the eligible fitness centers... this one is a YMCA... and it has exercise equipment and a pool. I'm nervous. I'm taking ownership of BE-ing healthy. And the fact that the most recent recollection of stepping into a fitness center is the 80s when I attended the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

I re-arranged furniture in my cave (also called office and studio). Flow is much better. I can sit at my art table and look out the window. There's balance in one area that had none. And imbalance needing to be fixed in another that was originally balanced. I've got more of my artwork on display and I've done a few creative things. That's the whole point... to be creative... in this case it's creating a workspace that inspires and flows full of great energy and makes me smile.

Tonight's video night for my partner and I. Catch-up on the various VCR'd television shows we both like to watch... like Gilmore Girls, Smallville, Dr. Who, Bones. He just got home and is taking a bit to check his e-mail. So I'm finishing this post up before popping in a microwave Hormel beef roast (they are actually quite good). Maybe canned corn as a vegetable.

All in all... a good day. No shots, screaming maids or pirate ships to speak of.

Far from the ordinary

And here's a piece of art I did last fall of 2005.
It's a small collage on a business card.