…Finishing this book.
Breathing.
Getting paint everywhere.
Discovering + remembering what it means to be an artist like this: Courage. Revisions. Messes. Risk. It is time consuming. All consuming. It is terrifying. It is transformative. It is glorious. It is exhausting.
(Hoping to be finished Monday.)
What I really need now is good music to paint to. What have you been listening to that you love? Please share!
The new Tori Amos album — Night of Hunters. This would be awesome for painting!
Keep going girl! xo
Imagine Dragons, Foster The People, The Lower Lights to name a few.
And yes, also some Gorillaz
Love the cut out photos! Oh how I wish I could feel that artistic exhaustion again. Haven’t worked on an all consuming project for such a long time now and reading your words made me realize how much I miss it. Can’t wait for your book….keep on painting! I’ve been listening to Adele and Sara Bareilles.
MONDAY?!?! Oh, my gosh! I CANNOT wait!
Or for something softer, more peaceful, how about some Vienna Teng, Gravity. The video for this is so lovely, and her voice is angelic. Hugs.
So in your corner, here, Christine! Try a little Taj Mahal, Scratch My Back. Mama, you can DO IT.
Thanks for the update. Paint, Christine, paint! I’m so looking forward to your beautiful book.
Eliza Doolittle! Cee Lo Green. Glee! :)
Woot Woot! Loud and proud in your cheering section.
Music: Bibio, Boards of Canada, Sigur Ros, The XX…
Dehlia Low (River is Rising, Climbing Devil’s Pass), Givers (Up Up Up, Noche Nada, Saw You First), new Greg Brown (Tenderhearted Child, Lovinest One, Rain & Snow, Remember the Sun), Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr (Morning Thought,Vocal Cords, Simple Girl).
wooooooo!!!! [clapping and cheering you on in this final stretch]