A Year of Making Art: Day 48

June 6, 2007  Day 48

Traveling seems to take more and more out of us as we get older, and the effects are exacerbated by other conditions, like my bipolar disorder.  I didn't really "wake up" yesterday until 7 or 8 pm.  Then we stayed up late watching a dumb movie, Deja Vu.  It was a kind of terrorist-plot futuristic thriller with Denzel Washington, and the suspense really built up at the end, compelling us to watch.

This morning I find myself still out of it, but I have learned to just start my drawing anywhere and not make a fuss about it.  No matter how unlikely the beginning seems, eventually I forget what I'm doing and get into the process.

  Drawing #48, 14" x 11"

The reception for Monkdogz Urban Art is tomorrow night, and in some corner of my brain I want to jump in the car and go.  But realistically, I know I don't have the energy to take another trip when I haven't yet recuperated from the last one.  Better to get my life in order, keep my moods under control, take a brisk hike in the woods with my neighbor today.  Think mental health.

How boring!

(Note:  There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting because I had to give myself time to get ahead in case we travel and I'm not able to post.)