Wandering and flow

Pegann's flowers
8 x 8 inches
acrylic on canvas

This weekend the truth is that I'm under a ferocious time
pressure. But if I let myself think that and get scared, I won't get
my work done. Instead I pretend that I am just having a bit of
a holiday (it's the weekend), and that in between this and that
(laundry, course notes for tomorrow, organizing dinner) I
am doing my work. In this case painting.

This works. Instead of getting worried, I can feel like I am
lucky to have such freedom, and even though I'm setting the
timer, and regulating these breaks -- just like I do in a
portrait session -- I am just doing that for fun. And that's
the truth. I'm doing the whole thing for fun.

Tonight's painting is a flower study I did on the market
flowers I bought yesterday. The flower lady is wonderful.
While she was spending 15 minutes composing a gorgeous
bouquet I wandered around the market and found a woman
who does incredibly relaxing massages in 10 minutes. So
I used the wait for the flowers wisely and left the market
with flowers and fresh veggies feeling ready to paint. Now
that was fun!

A shout out to Eldon Warren for his kind comments about
me on his blog this week. Eldon you're a super painter and
a wonderful friend!

Have a fooling-yourself-into-enjoying-life day.