I promised Iâd begin my ânewâ blog by telling you about the event I participated in this November. (photos at the end)
About 2 months before, an art community that I subscribe to suddenly decided we should all do this together, set the date for mid-November, wham. Er, um, whut? Iâm not ready for that. I donât have the space to do that. I live out in the middle of nowhere and it will be dark and cold. I donât have enough paintings to show. Theyâre not good enough. I donât want strangers in my house! I also donât want nosy neighbours from the next village in my house. Thereâs not enough time! I had other plans, I just want to finish my paint project.
But in the end I enlisted anyway. Just to see what would happen, to my stress levels, my self confidence, my work speed, my sense of privacy. What happens if you donât wait until youâre perfect and ready? If chances arrive and you donât take them, will they come back?
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