The tail end of 2009 is flying by, and nary a blog post to show for it. My apologies. I've been consumed with baby and holiday and family things; a common occurrence for this time of year, I'd imagine.
I haven't been doing any painting, sadly, but I have been wanting to draw and sketch out some things. I've had breaks from painting before, and they can be strangely freeing. I seem to overflow with ideas when I'm not busy making art. I'd love to sit down with my sketchbook and just draw for a while--I get a few minutes here and there to do that. But it's also nice to kind of mull the ideas over in my head first before I try to capture them on paper.
I've been reading a lot, too. I just finished The Magicians by Lev Grossman and enjoyed it. It's written from an interesting perspective, and ties together those fantasy themes I love. It's all about escape, really. I've resumed our weekly trip to the library, except now I actually can get some things for myself as well as the kiddos. I didn't have much time to read before Ian was born, but when you're nursing a baby for thirty minutes at a time you can get some reading in.
I go back to work in two weeks. I'm kind of sad about that, even though Ian will be coming with me. We'll be playing this all by ear--I have no idea how much actual work I'll be able to do. Glancing around my house is evidence enough that not much work gets done when there's a baby. I imagine he'll be in the sling quite a bit. I can't believe he's six weeks old already. He's such a good baby. Here he is on December 9th, smiling and being a cutie.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, everyone!
2 comments:
I love painting breaks. The last one I had was when Liam was born. By the time I got back to work I was so productive and things just kept pouring out of me. I think longs breaks here and there are pretty healthy...
I remember feeling the same way with art when my girl was first here....I didnt get to seriously paint for a good long time, but so many things swirled around in my head. She was only a few months old when I started Audrey Eclectic. I'm sure Ian will bring so much inspiration!
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