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Painting-A-Day: August 19, 2015

8/19/2015

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Acrylic on Archival Gessobord with 3/4" Birch Sides, 12 x 12". Ready to hang!

Today I needed a little therapy. Art therapy. I found these colors to be self-soothing and the suggestion of a Minnesota landscape visually pleasing. Many of you have had to go through the rigors of moving. We are in the middle of it. There is nothing like moving to make it very clear that you have too many things, that you have saved too many things, and that you, perhaps, have let things take over your life. We've had this awareness in our face for over a year as we have slowly, but surely, purged ourselves of stuff.  A very neutral word, "stuff". Appropriate name for things that don't really matter.

I've been noticing how it feels to only keep those things that give you some joy or have some special meaning. To let go of the extraneous things that don't add up to joy in your life is probably the most freeing thing I have felt in my adult life. We don't notice it after a while, but all of our accumulations weigh heavy on our psyches. Pretty soon we are spending an inordinate amount of time taking care of all of these things. I am curious about what I could do with all of that time, if I had less.

We had an open house last night because we are selling our house. It has been a great house while raising our three kids. We have worked so hard these last two months, doing all of the repairs and deep cleaning we don't normally have time to do and have learned to ignore. This is why you haven't seen too many paintings from me lately. That is part of the reason we are down-sizing and going simpler. I want to spend more time on my art and writing and less time shuffling things around. Thankfully, my husband and I are on the same page. Here's to hoping our house sells and I have more time for art therapy!


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