The Overwhelm of Growth

I’m in the process of levelling up, and with that, comes lots of changes!

I’m in the midst of personal development, business development, art development, marketing stuff, just everything. I’ve been running my ass off the last month, but things should hopefully balance out soon. 

It's hard for me to feel trapped in administrative tasks that artists must do. My brain can’t help but think about how I can finish them faster so I can go make art. There are so many tasks I could do before becoming disabled that now take twice the effort for half the result.

And I’m not sure why my art is coming last lately, but it is. I’m not short on inspiration, but the administrative side of things has really been taking over. Those things need to get done, too.

What I’ve Been Working On…

I’m currently creating a new colour palette, which means trial and error and reusing canvases. I haven’t quite figured out what I want, but smaller value studies don’t work for me. I need to actually try it on a scale that tells me if it really works. If it’s wrong, I paint over it - no big deal. 

I’m working in a thicker paint medium, so I have new tools I'm using, finding new textures, new ways of building things, and that’s how we level up.

It can be scary and hard to try new things, but that’s how we get out of our comfort zone. We can’t stay in the exact same space doing the exact same things forever. You know me, I'm not afraid of change!

Feel the overwhelm, learn from the challenges, and you could come out the other side feeling more full and more whole than you could have ever imagined. 

In the meantime, the under eye bags are real!