art writing no.25
i had to start off my blog no. 25 in 2025 (it’s a sign!). i am trying to get my gear into G O this year. i really enjoyed writing my artblog before, i had friends saying they missed it…hell yeah, i missed it….last one was in like 2023, but really 2022… and really i was dreaming…. you cannot work full time and do other things like writing blogs and making art. now after all this time of full-time work i have cut it down to part time, part time is so good for me at the moment. yay. we have been renovating our house for years and it is now come to an end which is so very complete. i do feel like i am on the brink of some good things with my art and my journey as an artist. i have had the privilege of guiding the young ones toward their own art making journey which has been so beneficial for both them and for me…. now is the time for more of me making time. i do love my part time job, i think because its part time, and i can do other things…
i am also able to get into my garden and enjoy the seasons, the flowers and the growing and creating a garden. i am glad to have a green thumb like my mother and my nanna before her, even my great grandmother and great parpy were really good at the garden. so it comes from both sides i guess. i am able to get into the studio a few days per week now, much more than before which is so great, i have worked solidly on a painting project since late feb- late april. it is done now. and i have decided from now on that i am making art that is meaningful for me. i have realised a lot since the beginning of the year that often i was chasing unrealistic avenues and i think you have to get past them to realise, they were not real things….
i have been doing really helpful journaling and writing due to reading a book called “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron. i am still reading it as it is kind of like a course but it’s like therapy too, this is very effective for those of us who can at times be a bit upside down. i have always believed in enjoying and experiencing new things and to get the most out of life. doing all the wonderful things that i want to do and so now i am more than ever. i am back into so many avenues that have been put by the wayside for so many years due to the raising of a family and all that it entails. it is the time for tasha to step right back out. some of you reading this have known me for many a while so you know what i mean…. i hope to be able to keep up with this artblog…. i know i have had a few starts over the years…. this one is a keeper as life is on the up, in a creative world sense.
thank you to Julia Cameron, how many creatives have I heard now that have read her book?? so, so, so many, they all sing its praises for the encouragement….. and leadership and self reflection…. i could go on….it’s a bit of a phenomenal read if you need a bit of a push and shove….i know i did. it’s a multi-million copy worldwide bestseller, she is very real and has obviously worked so very hard for a long time to be able to tap into what creative types ever so need. i do definitely know that i have needed this guidance now. all i have to do is go with it all…
so my friends 28th August 2021 was when this WEBSITE was launched how life does fleet us by… so i am planning to sell my art online eventually… as this makes it easier for all….if you were subscribing before, i have sent you this, but if you don’t want to get the email that there is another artblog, please let me know and i will take you off the mailing list, no worries whatsoever.
tasha
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron