More Snow

It is beautiful outside. I have been out knocking snow off the branches of our pinon trees. There is about a foot of snow and more coming down. I love this time of year, not so much the cold, but how the days will begin to get longer. We were in Albuquerque on the solstice so yesterday I did my intentions and ceremony for the new year. Playfullness, seeing beyond perceived duality and going into the shadows for answers came up in my reading. I look forward to this time of change. Yes it is difficult, but great gifts can come in strange packages. I look for this time to give my artistic voice more authenticity, more depth and greater compassion.

When the days are long and warm it is easy to be outside of oneself, but when the nights are long it is time to go inside the cave and let the eyes adjust to see what is usually not visible in the bright light of the day.

Sales may be low and the economic outlook glum, but that is just the final sum in the artist's equation. Now is the time to go to the source, to refine techniques, to explore new areas and to work alone. In the spring emerge from the cave and share the results. Bring to light that which was hidden. This is the job of artist.

facing the blank screen

Today is a snowy December day and I feel like sitting in front of the fire with a good book and a cup of hot tea. Instead I am in front of the computer reinventing my business world. I am updating my website, putting together an e-newsletter and beginning this blog. The learning curve is steep but that will change. New ideas and learning are great motivators.

I look forward to creating some large paintings in my newly completed studio. I will post pictures when the snow stops and I can get out and take a few shots. Here is an image of a work on paper that will be in my show in Australia in April.