On Pause.

You can find various memes online that tell you that you shouldn’t think about your art, you should just make it, which is all well and good but let’s face it, a meme is just some sound bite pasted over an inspiring image. It is the kitten “hanging in there”, it’s the orangutan’s bad hair day.

The reality is far more complex.

At the beginning of 2015 I took a break. I was completely overwhelmed with life, both personal and artistic. I was spent.

And things weren’t bad – I made healthy sales, I had regular commissions, I had a modest online following, I had just that past Fall taught out of state for the first time (I got on a plane! I stayed in a hotel!)

And still I stopped. I then I didn’t stop stopping.

Stopping is easy.

Getting started – now THAT my friends is where it gets interesting.

Starting is slow, nerve wracking and terrifying. You think it will be the equivalent of a grand entrance, sweeping down the magnificent stairway into the crowded ball room in your Scarlett O’Hara dress.

Instead it is baby steps with a 50 cups of tea in your comfy jeans.

This new website is a baby step, Wednesday coffee is a baby step, this blog post, yup another step, and hey I made gnomes – and sold some (!), booyah – baby step.

Not a water fall, but a slow drip.

Keep dripping.

Jan xxxx