two images

Found I had pinned both these pictures on the same day just these two images, without noticing the similarity between them. I wonder what attracted me? Colour and shape usually.

Sometimes leaving things a day you come back with fresh eyes for something that was right in front of you the first time. 

Sonia Delaunay, 1925 

and 

unknown architecture detail

timing

This past month has been all about timing for me. How important it is to trust the timing of your life, and that things come to you when your ready, not when you think you are ready but when the universe says you are. I have so much to share but have to wait till I do, but I am excited and also nervous with what is coming ahead. 

I have 24 days till my show, and it is already teaching me things about myself. One being that I defiantly like to work alone on projects, as I find consulting others to get things done just bug me. I also know I can achieve most things I set out to do, and I have to stop and acknowledge that and say well done. And in the process things that I didn't need have naturally fallen away. 

Like in life things that weren't meant for you do naturally fall away and if they haven't they are there to teach you something that you are still learning. I know there is a few things that keep recurring in my life that is making me look more to see what it is I need to know. But right now living in the present and benefiting from things that have resurfaced from the past really rings true with one of my favourite sayings, 

It might take a Year, it might take a Day, but what's meant to be will always find its Way.

Vija Celmins, Night Sky No. 22, 2001

5 to 7

I saw this trailer for 5 to 7 pre summer, waiting for it to come out. Still hasn't come out but I still watch the trailer from time to time. Probably because it is about Love. Also obsessed with the song in the trailer, go to track 3. 

5 to 7 screen caps from you tube

in awe

Tchaikovsky/ Nina Kaptsova - Dance of the sugar plum fairy 








screen cap from you tube

olwyn bowey

At the summer exhibition at the RA I always seek out Olwyn's work. I love the simplicity of her work, just painting what she sees. She is from an era that has gone I feel. Her work reminds me of Pierre Bonnard painting everyday compositions, with such individual style it is instantly recognisable. 

Nice little article about her on the RA site. Her studio is in a greenhouse! thats the dream people. 

olwyn bowey - bags of geraniums

reading

In my last post I mentioned that I read wellbeing websites, here are a few of my favourites:

ashley neese - I especially like her posts on giving up complaining. And crystal posts

free and native - modern guide to holistic living

the sphinx and the milky way - every time her moon readings. I even emailed once to ask where was her reading as I had been impatient waiting for her to post. 

the numinous - cosmic thinking, she also gets interviews from very interesting people.

the chalk board mag - very on the ball with the latest health and fitness tips.

free people blog - I check on a Sunday for my horoscope. My main reason for looking at this blog.

Reading before bed this book - Eastern Mind Western Body

Buying crystals from and reading her blog - the colourful dot

Simone Leblanc

comparison is the thief of joy.

I noticed something about myself just now, while I was procrastinating, finding something to read or look at. That I have stopped looking at other peoples work and carers. When I was at uni I would constantly be looking at other illustrators other artists to see how they are making it in the creative industry. Thinking ok if I make some cards and sell them on etsy that will help, or if I enter the same competitions thats what I should be doing. 

I did that for a few years, even though I had my own style it still wasn't what I wanted to do, it was commercial but again still too different it didn't quite fit in. It wasn't till last year when I gave up my illustration carer after a succession of people I had been working with turned out very sour. 

At the same time as this happened personal issues had arisen as they do, (I find things come in waves). I shut down my Facebook, I was tired of the negativity that I was absorbing from this site. The best thing I have learnt is that comparison is the thief of joy. 

Zoning out of all this comparison, I noticed I started to follow my own journey. My own style developed, big commissions started to come in, and the people who were contacting me to tell me how much they liked my work, was something I could only dream of two years ago. 

These days I look at pinterest of course, but more of a way of organising my thoughts. I read wellbeing blogs, and go outside walking! My inspiration comes from my emotions and when I stopped taking on others emotions I was allowing myself to be true and work true. 

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