FROM ‘DULL’ TO “AMAZING”…..MY FRIDAY :0)

Happy Friday – I love Fridays even better than Saturdays, as I still have Saturday to look forward to! I’m especially loving this Friday, and I hope to impart a bit of the inspiration I am feeling personally with each of you!

(sneak peek of my studio right now…….)

It sounds so hokey to say that….. but I really, truly mean it. I am bubbling up inside with excitement & joy, even though my day started out as just an ordinary day.

In fact, it was so ordinary that I was kind of dreading it (yes, even though it is Friday). I’ve had a lot of those days lately….ones that it seems it would be easier to stay in bed than push through the challenges of the day. What keeps me going is the deep down, unshakable belief that God has good things in store for me & my family.

It’s not easy being an artist….or being married to one / mothered by one, etc. (probably not easy to parent one either…..thanks Mom & Dad! :0)

So, what made today wonderful? Well, I decided to push through my fears/doubts, etc. and BE CRAZY! Do some stuff in the studio that would either be a disaster or a masterpiece. I guess that’s kind of how every painting starts…..but some more than others. Some are just these ‘random acts of complete surrender to follow my inner voice’……. which may be insane – or genius or ?? Today turned out to be one of those times where I cautiously & humbly wonder if I might be a genius (an artistic genius)…..I’m allowed to say that because most days I question whether I have any brains at all!

I left a ‘comfortable’ life of steady work, an amazing job that neither bored or inspired me – it just was. Now I live from month to month wondering whether I will ever sell another painting. Perhaps I shouldn’t share that….in case some of my fans lose faith in me ….. but I think it’s important to share that so no one thinks I’m conceited…..or that I have it all together….. because I SO definitely don’t.

So, do you want to see some pictures??? No? ok, I won’t bother then. :0) just kidding. They aren’t great as they are taken in the studio (the garage studio ….. not the dining room studio, the office studio, or the kitchen studio).

So…..there you have it (or some of it at least!). I had to abandon my socks as they were destroyed! and I have a bit of a mess to clean up! Passion is not tidy…..what can I say? I used to be a neat freak, and it sucked! :0)
I leave you with these words……NEVER doubt that you can do amazing things! If I can do them, any one can! (I really mean that!). Have a wonderful weekend……. Thanks for letting me share. ~ Jenn