Long Live the Blog!

Beth Robinson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:17:00 +0000

In the middle of my last project for the last class of my MBA I took an evening off. I watched a movie. I cross-stitched someone else's pattern. And I felt at ease.

I hadn't thought of myself as an artist for a couple months, but I definitely wasn't done yet.

I couldn't give up crafting and creating, even if it seemed easier to do so in the face of other pressures and the loving neediness of a small child.

I needed to make space for them in my life in some form or fashion, even if it didn't feel like it did before, when I was immersed in thoughts of layers and colors and was doing something about them nearly every day.

So I am trying to start fresh, with a new mindset and much more relaxed set of expectations.

And with a new blog.

You can still find all my old entries at http://www.artbybethrobinson.com/journal but just looking at my category list and the many months of what I'd done before made me feel depressed, not accomplished. So here I am again.

I've circled around back to the beginning of my journey. Okay, I have a higher skill level and many more books and other supplies. But it's basically me and needle and floss again, looking to see where my next steps will take me.

Artist Perpetually in Progress

Long Live the Blog!