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Painting Again

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I painted this week.

This is a really big deal for me because I have not painted since January when I first got sick with strep. I was sick for all of February and March. (Since then I have been dealing with a knee injury, but that is another story.) I was so tired that I went to bed early and took naps whenever I could. I just didn't have the energy for anything extra, not to mention that I couldn't take the fumes of the acrylic paint when I was already having difficulty breathing.

Okay, enough of the explaining and complaining. I painted! I had fun. It was really hard to pick up a painting that I started three months ago and jump right in. These paintings are abstract and it sometimes hard to tell where my brain was going when I started it.

I don't have a finished picture to show you yet, because I have several paintings in various stages of completion. I am working on two different sets of paintings for our bedroom wall. Whichever set I like best gets to stay. This is going to be a long project since they take many each to complete and my time is very limited.

It is important for me to make time for the things that are important to me. Pursuing things that I am passionate about. Sometimes in the everydayness of life we forget what it is like to have passion for something. I know this happens to me. There are so many things competing for our time and energy it is very important that we choose the things we do carefully and use our time wisely. I need to remind myself of this often.

What are you passionate about?

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Letting The Creative Side Out

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I am an artist, but I am trapped. Can anyone relate to that feeling?

Before the twins were born (2.5 years ago) I regularly painted abstract watercolor paintings. I painted one small painting in the hospital while I was waiting to have the twins and I have not painted since. I have not had time.

Honestly, the first six months were spent getting the hang of nursing. Life went into survival mode. You know that place right? You get the dishes done. You keep on top of the laundry. You make sure the family gets meals three times a day. You get a shower as often as you can, but not nearly often enough. You can forget about the hot bubble baths because as soon as you run the water someone wakes up to nurse. Just when they are getting back to sleep someone else wakes up to nurse. There are two of them, remember?

The last 2.5 years has been spent being creative on-line. I learned how to do digital graphic design which has kept me happy, mostly. It was a lot simpler to open up Inkscape and create a fun gameboard or a web design than it was to pull out the paints. Pulling out the paints meant also pulling out the paper and get everything all set up.

What I really, really, really want to do is paint again.

So, guess what?

I have made a date with paint and my hubby is okay with that, honest. We talked about it this afternoon. And yesterday. And the day before.

I really need to paint.

The twins are sleeping long enough in one stretch for me to complete some smallish paintings. A large one takes about 6 hours in a row, which I don't have yet. Soon. I really hope. I really need to let this creative side out again. It is a way to connect with my emotions, a way to connect with my Creator, and a way to express this deep inner side of myself.

I thought I would share with you a few of my past paintings just to give you some idea what I am longing for again.

Do you have a creative side that is just waiting to escape?

What are you going to do about it?

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