It Must Not Have Been Very Important

   I had a great idea for a blog post. A couple of them in fact. So great there's no way I could forget them. So you might think. I now have no idea what I was gonna say. I suppose that means another stream-of-conscience post. I had an outstanding week, art wise, last week. My hours were cut back at work and my wife and daughter had gone to Tennessee. All I had to do all week was make art and promote myself ( well, outside of the whole eat, sleep, repeat of the real world). I got a lot of my creative and marketing thoughts written down in their respective notebooks. Distilling all that I've learned and read down to a few lines in a notebook. it really helped me to focus on what I need to be doing. I also painted some really cool stuff, like this:

  I call this one "I Am A Stranger". I usually remove the frame before I paint , but I thought I'd try something new. I painted up onto the frame, making it part of the artwork. I also decided to paint over a painting that I wasn't ever really happy with. I started the paint over process and discovered that it was almost done. A few quick touches and I was very happy with it. It also inspired its new name "View Renew" :

  I had some great insights into my work and my process as well. Too bad i didn't think to write them down. Of course it's possible I did write them down and I don't remember where. Ah well, it'll all come back to me some day.

What Kind Of Organization IS This?

  Hello art fans, I'm back behind the keyboard again. I've been concentrating on organization lately. I recently switched over to Evernote when Springpad went under. I was always a fan of Springpad for keeping my online thoughts and cool websites organized, but I'm really starting to realize how cool Evernote is. I've spent a lot of time moving written notes to my Evernote account but I'm confident it will pay off. I've also revisited Cozi, makers of the family calendar. Once I figured out how to send the alerts it's been a big help to me and my family. Those two things were relatively easy. The organization of my art ideas and reference pictures...well, that's was another story. I've got hundreds of pictures that struck my fancy, perhaps even thousands. Some on paper, some digital, all worth keeping (at least to me). I'm also still working on organizing my mp3 files so I can listen to all my music in my studio. I realize I may never full get them under control. Of course I have over twenty five thousand songs on my computer. I'll probably never listen to all of them, but it is a good feeling to have 99% of all the songs I've ever loved a mouse click away. I may not be perfectly organized, but I'm miles ahead of where I was a month ago. And with all that going on, I still find time to actually do some art.

"Bow Down Before The Messenger"