Walking and Inspiration

Where do you like to wander to think, breathe, take the dogs to pee, gain inspiration, doodle....?

Beaches and cemeteries are frequent go to spots for me, yes cemeteries, why do people squinch thier noses at that?  I love looking at all the carvings, differences in stone over the years, that people are next to eachother in their afterlife that weren't living at the same time and all in the newer section where I often go they have faces lasered on.  How people choose the pictures is a pondering of mine, some are so stern, goofy, stoic, cartoonish......sometimes all at the name time.  It's a writers paradise, so many stories in various shapes and languages.... Why wouldn't one want to explore these peaceful structural parks?

When wandered onto this scene for a moment I thought the bird was part of the tribute I later discovered is from a father to his son, a teenager who died in battle a century-ish ago.

The feathered guardian kept us company while we imagined through this section.  Such a layered break in our  day.

Where do you like to wander?

Gifts of Process

Hello and how do you do, how does so much time pass?

I just (finally) finished an animation diy cooking video

I have been working on for way longer than I believed it would take.  Finishing was a bit anti-climatic, as though I thought there would be fireworks and a parade... whoooooo hoooopty dooooooo its done!
Nope, didnt happen, though it does feel good to have finished it.... Id like to get to posting one a week.

There has been allot of changes this year, most I didn't choose, they got dumped on me like the ice water challenge with no warning.... It's been hard and sometimes it seems the pain will suffocate me, then I force myself to make something and am reminded agony squeezed through creativity can sparkle beautifully.  

Art is an a magical, healing filter to process what feels like the end of it all, realizing there's way more beauty inside than we can see in process sometimes.  Diving into the zone of creating allows all of this to happen within a safe, surreal, beautiful world of own making.

Along with the incredible gifts, its true, being an artist is rarely a sound economic choice, artists lives are often far richer than the accompanying pockets much of the time. It's hard for sure though I don't want to sell those gifts of process for trinkets, not again anyway.

Show and Tell time :)...... what do you do to find peace In your process making music out of the noise?

Talk soon

xox peacefulshades 

Strange Loves

Finding Whimsy in the Mundane

Allot has been going on in my scribbled world, some amazing, some terrifying with balances out to the customary response of 'fine' when asked how I am.
Fortunately I have the ability to scribble down things that make me smile and add silliness to hum drum, I wish I had an assistant to do this, tasks.

This  doodle is the result of me fixing my clogged bathroom sink.  Procrastination meant I didn't use the sink for a few days plus a few more days, clogged it up more with my baking soda vinegar remedy that would have worked if used earlier, then finally stuck my head, hands and tools under to take it apart and fix it for real.  Thinking it wise to measure the probably will crack someday rubber ring to get replacements I did two scribble transfers of the black washers then put the under the sink back together.  Pacing about on random other tasks the measurements turned into eyes before I made it to the hardware store  then of courts flowers and spiders were a logical next step :).
I love that my artists life lets me find whimsy in necessary tasks!
How bout you. how do you make the tedious fun?

Color and Spring go together

Boing spring came in today!! So nice, even after all this time in the Northeast, since 1984, I still feel like winter is never going to end when the snow is falling come March and it's 40° in April. Though it's very depressing to not believe spring is coming it's a bright warm gift when it does!

 Much of  today was outside coloring with the dogs.  Fortunately for me that's considered work ha ha because I have a new coloring book that I just self published, working to get it out more so sitting outside coloring means I can post pictures which means that I'm working which means I get to color in the sun and not feel guilty about it yea!!!  

One thing I do like about winter is the bare tree fingers that are leafless.... The in between of New York April has it warm enough to enjoy the branches before the beautiful buds burst forth.

How do you celebrate the onset of spring?

Off to slumber.

Ttfn, Chelle/peacefulshades 

Hybernation

Oh my good grief it has been crazy amount of cold!  All I really want to do is stay in drinking hot chocolate and draw.

The trains close to me are al caught outside, which I think is most awesome until this weather hits, its far less fun drawing while waiting when my hands drip icicles.

Once I get on its nice with the usual spattering of characters that I get to doodle during the  commute to...... 

This how I make the most of it when Id rather hibernate with my dogs till spring hits.

Catching Up

Helloooooo
Well the posts that went up in my head did not make it online, funny how that happens.  Tho sometimes i wish it happened automatically the rest of me realizes that technology is close enough and automatic uploads from my brain are not really whats in anyones interest.... really.  It an artists brain that goes 34567890 miles a minute in 56789 different directions and yes, usually all at once...  its like techno on steroids...   eeeeeek wtf and ugh

ok, so whats been happening>?  a bunch

moved to Brooklyn, some of you know that
been making lots of art, not getting into the city as much as I thought I would, also not done un packing and still have annoying bits of loos ends to tie up as well....
Being at near the bottom of NYC allows me the luxury of going to the shore allot

and I really like all the pieces of shell allot that accompany the lack of constant machine sweeping of the beach that goes with tourist season.... which is now over for the year. 

Over all things are good and I like what my new surroundings are doing to my art and stuff...... oh yeah and my hair is purple now.... probably oughta take a snap of that, ya?  Will put it on my list.Glad I hopped on to say hi~... going to hop into bed and dream of water colors and glitter till the morning when I get to play with them again.

More soon 

XOX  CM