This studio has turned out to have a big effect on me. Not only am I doing a radically different style of artwork but it’s affecting me other ways too.
I took half on my clothes out of my closet and gave them away .
I removed furniture out of my living room and gave it away.
the storage shed is full because I can’t bring myself to bring one more thing into the studio.
I don’t know if the wide open spaces I live in are changing me or just the studio or maybe it’s a combination.
my writing is sumi on steroids.
as few words as possible but still see something .
the calm that all this infuses into my thinking is good.
The spaces between are so soothing.
it’s pretty new to me
the long pauses the lingering ,
the waiting for nothing
I recently went to visit my Mom in Tacoma.
she has done the same thing as I am doing in her little house. Lots of garden but the inside is pretty sparse. Especially her bedroom. Just a window looking out to the garden with a fountain bubbling. Just a bed and a window
the key is to walk in this mind
not get all bunched up but remain in a mindset that remains sparse even though the world might be full of distractions .