A rainy gray February day is a perfect time for reflection. Today is such a day, and having just come out of weeks of intense work, I don’t feel like doing much of anything. Making soup, moving a little quieter and slower, taking the pressure off for a few days. Time for some self care. I’m impressed that I’ve actually learned over the years to listen to my body when it says, “enough!”. I know that if I don’t listen, my body will find a way to force me to listen. I prefer to be friends with my body as it’s really easier and way more fun in the long run to do so.
Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been on an intense path to recreate much of how I present myself publicly: how I communicate what it is I do, how I see it, where my work can be seen, what I am creating… in short, everything is being reexamined. I’m building new forms and forums for my work. I have separated Artist and Clairvoyant, at least in my websites. I plan to keep this blog and soon will have another that is specifically about my heart art, my heart paintings. They need their own place, since I’ve removed them from my fine art site. Here’s one of the new ones. It’s called “Hunka Hunka Burning Heart”, and is 28″x28″. It can currently be seen at kriscahill.com, but will soon be at ‘My Abstract Heart’, a new WordPress blog.
In the past 6 weeks, I’ve had two shows open, painted 50 paintings, made some new decisions about how I am marketing myself. I’ve been participating in a teleseminar class about using pr and getting press. I’ve begun a new clairvoyant website, which you can see here: http://clairvoyant.kriscahill.com. I’ve been a bit lax about writing in this blog, but I am sure you can see why. I’ve also had little time to visit other blogs and comment, but hope to do so soon. I enjoy the communication and community here, and thank all of you who do visit, read, and leave comments. You are appreciated.
I’m also in the process of creating new ways to market my small paintings, including wholesaling the small hearts. I see potential in this as a source of income. Recession be damned, I’m moving full speed ahead with all of this! It looks like a great time to not match to the prevailing despair.
Here’s to a whole new outlook, a new dawning for us all. Whoever said it was going to be easy anyway?
I wondered were you were. I am glad you are back. Can’t wait to see more of you. I miss the colorful paintings.
Be good, take care, have fun, enjoy your rain, it is healing rain.
This rain is good, isn’t it? I’d like a little more before it’s over. A good old fashioned late night thunderstorm.
Kris – We are in the same place. I have been examining things more closely, renovated my site and ramped up the marketing. I think artists have a lot to offer in tough times. We have to let people know we are there. If we can bring happiness with what we do – then we are spreading a good thing!
You might enjoy my post from Feb 18th, if you have time!
there is something waiting for you at my blog. come and get it!
I am trying to muster up some energy to do art again. I have alot of Jim Dine books,love hearts also. Great pieces!
You are a whirlwind of energy! So glad, though, that you are sage enough to heed your body’s needs. It’s the vehicle in which we are taking this journey, after all. Soup is like an oil change.
I’m sorry I haven’t been commenting as much as I’d like to as well. I hearby reserve Monday’s for visiting your blog. See you again in a week!
Just dropping by.Btw, you website have great content!
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