Embracing change, gracefully

Whether I liked it or not, I have noticed that things do change…in the last few years of my life, change has been present.  I think I used to be hesitant of change, and then I noticed I no long felt that struggle.  It happened regardless of my approval.

 

And then I realized that some of this change I was initiating.  Is that what happened with my art?  I felt stagnation in my art and I needed a change of direction.  I didn’t know then that direction was STOP.  I felt I had been following the same routine, using the same supplies, even though I would change things up.  I was still very much ‘vintage inspired’ and I wasn’t happy any more creating art.  Or selling it, for that matter.  Etsy has sure changed my ideas of selling, and not for the good.  I think a lot of us, agree.  But I won’t go into that.  So much of it I still do not understand.

So days I toy with the idea of collecting supplies that do not inspire my anymore, and donating them to a school, or finding a good home for them.  We all know how much money we have tied up in supplies... then I think, maybe I will use them.  So for now, I am not judging my lack of creating art, I am simply ok with it.  But when I decided to go back to blogging, I was curious...what would my blog be like?  Would my art friends follow?  What do I call myself now?  Do I start all over, or simply rename my blog?  As you can see, I renamed, and so far...all is well.

This is part one of change... regarding being a mixed media artist.  More about change and what I have learned, in the days to come.

xo