Seren
California is awesome, but it’s not home.
This adventure has been interesting to say the least. I have been trying to stay focused and be positive, but some days I want to throw my hands up, pack my boxes (that just arrived today) and go home! Long days at work, no matter what you do for a living, require a respite… a someplace to regenerate that is more than just a pit stop for sleeping, washing your butt and cooking.
For me, home isn’t where I live, but where I feel best. Home is where my puppy dog is…where my husband is…where my Momma is…where my big brothers are…where I sleep best, where my art flows, where my Poppa drags me on endless errands. Home is a feeling of support and love and inspiration. Home is where bad things are learning experiences and good things are expected. So, my question is…how do I create that feeling here… so far away from my people…from the places where I feel best?
I have shipped boxes and boxes of art supplies. I think about them all day. I think of new layout ideas for my weird collage post cards…I see bursts of color combinations that would be perfect in my daily journal… I daydream about sitting in a coffee shop while browsing mail art calls online and sketching my submissions. But…when I walk through the door, all that energy seeps out of me as if I’ve sprung some sort of lewd artistic leak. By the time I’ve changed my clothes and made a little dinner, I have nothing left. I’m lucky to read a magazine article or two before I tune out in front of the TV.
In my Home Studio, the space itself inspires me…but I am truly stymied by this extended stay hotel room. Its plain white walls, the crappy artwork and weird green furniture conspire to suck my creativity from me like a nasty, fat tick – leaving me sick and tired in new, ridiculous ways. So, I’m going to relax and think about what I like so much about my studio in Minneapolis…and how I can recreate that feeling here in Cali.
If any of you would like to share your thoughts about where you create your artwork and how (or whether) you create outside of that space…I would love to hear it. I would also like to swap some artwork…maybe if I have an "assignment" to create…maybe that would make it easier to get motivated. I have opened a temporary post office box so if anyone wants to swap some mail art, please send it to me at:
Serendipity
2905 North Sepulveda Blvd. #A216
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Please note…that’s not a new address…its only temporary…like 3 months…so send something soon, before I lose my F****** mind! I’ll send you something in return, though I cannot make any promises about the quality of my artwork…I do promise to be quick about it.
Thanks…and I will post pictures as soon as my husband sends me the cord for my camera…I forgot it on my desk back home. AAAaaaaaarrrrrrgggg!
Reader Comments (2)