Follow your bliss...: A busy day...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

A busy day...

A Chinese Dragon, 4/18/2010, acrylic, monotype and Sumi paper on canvas, 6 x 6 inches.
He was a happy accident with a random twist of the brush.

Corrosion, 4/18/2010, acrylic and modeling paste on cradled masonite, 12 x 12 inches...

This one I worked on last summer, as much as I loved it, I didn't feel satisfied with it...until today, I rolled my paint brush here and there...

Fieldstone, 4/18/2010, acrylic, monotype, sumi paper on canvas, 6 x 6 inches

I've been getting caught up with unfinished business....I had a good day...

3 comments:

Poetic Artist said...: I enjoy your work. It is the depth that always catches my eye.; 9:34 AM
Blue Sky Dreaming said...: Is that a perfect dragon or what?
This one is a beauty!; 12:00 PM
Curio said...: Wow, these are beautiful pieces! I especially love "the happy accident".; 7:47 PM

Me and Fibromyalgia...the good news is, it's not going to kill me.

I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2007 after years of being told my illness was all in my head. My Fibro is everyday fatigue with body aches, mostly tolerable, but when I have a flare-up, which can be triggered by stress, hormones, or being over tired from over-doing it, I get the full body pain, including chest pains (yes, these are scary, like an elephant standing on my chest.) Thankfully, it doesn't hurt to take a breath, but I feel breathless, I just do yoga and breathing exercises to stretch and breathe to ease through the worst of it, NSAIDs help to cut the pain, and naps are always a necessary thing when needed (but hard to do while at the day job!) It's a balancing act to manage, I take advantage of the good days, lay low on the bad ones, and very often, push through in spite of the bad days...some mornings I wish I could stay in bed, but I'm glad that I get up and about, very often 'the kinks' work themselves out. I refuse to take the recommended pharmaceutical band-aids on the market, I tried one once, and I don't like feeling like a zombie. I keep active with my creativity, I think that's the key to my overcoming this obstacle every day...and I have my Fred and our son, five cats, and one dog named Max.