I have always been a "list" maker--going way back to when my sister and I used to plan our summer stays with our Aunt Louise in Ohio. Back then my lists included such things as "buy new bobby pins" and "get glitter nail polish". These goals were accomplished after loading cartons of clanking Pepsi-Cola bottles from our back porch into the '64 Ford Fairlane and selling them back to the local grocery store to raise the needed funds.
Well, here I am in 2011 and still making lists. Not so much has changed. I still like glitter nail polish and I still like soda pop..:))
I actually made a lengthy list of goals. I "aired" them on my radio show (Artists Helping Artists--recorded for your listening pleasure) along with my co-host, Leslie Saeta.
Then I did the shedding thing. I looked at everything and condensed it down to what I felt most drawn towards.
And it came down to 3 things
Writing.
Painting.
Silence.
I have found that my best self arrives in writing and painting when I employ the third.
Getting quiet.
I think I had to maneuver my way through the whole month of goal setting to arrive at finding myself once again.
As Thoreau said,
Simplify, simplify, simplify.
"I think one simplify would have sufficed."
A wondrous new year to you my beautiful friend. Welcome to 2011! Pin It
