On Monday I wrote about my emotional roller coaster, and yesterday I gave myself a stern talking to and picked myself up. After that Monday when my mind and feelings were constantly at war with each other, it is now Wednesday, and although the situation with Lana has not changed, my emotions are thankfully a lot calmer.
Burn it
To calm the inner turmoil and find a new focus, I picked up my wood burner again. My partner, always wise with advice, had noticed that I didn't always have to burn animals. So after my last work, where I depicted a little boy with his dog, this time I decided to try a girl with a cute dog. For some reason, I have always had difficulty painting faces, but I think I do better with burning. Weird, right? But anyway, practice is and remains the key to success, so in that respect sometimes it's good to listen to your partner's advice, right?
Focus
Fortunately, the inner storm I felt earlier seems to have subsided somewhat now, and I was able to focus quite well. And that even despite the strong wind that was still blowing today. When I was standing outside with the dogs and enjoying the view of the horses walking around quietly, I was even overcome by a slight feeling of spring! And it seemed like I wasn't the only one getting this feeling. I saw a few horses playing with each other, another horse was picking twigs or buds from the hazel tree. The dogs frolicked around me and let the wind play in their fur. The temperature was good and it was quite nice outside. But, as I know all too well, appearances can be deceiving, and in February I certainly expect King Winter to visit the Netherlands to bring us a very wintery tail end at the moment when you are really done with winter and are longing for spring.
Too many
Tomorrow I will dive into my pyrography project again and at the same time I have started thinking about what I will burn on the birch tree trunk discs that I got home today. I have plenty of ideas, and I'm even considering adding some color to the burned images. But nothing is certain yet. Step by step, as always.
work in progress
Website
While I'm delving into my creative projects, I'm also brushing up on my 'web design knowledge'. My partner and I now have so many hobbies and produce so much that we cannot keep everything to ourselves. We just don't have enough space to keep everything, and we shouldn't even want to. Starting an Etsy shop would be an option, but we decided to go our own way. We want to build a website where we can not only show our products but also maintain a blog. And yes of course, a webshop where people can buy our products if they are interested. This will also be a new project that I have to tackle soon.
New projects
So I have found plenty of new projects for myself. On Monday I didn't make any progress, but after a good conversation with myself and in the evening with my partner, I calmed down again. And I can continue with the challenges that lie ahead. Life is a step-by-step journey. Sometimes a step forward, sometimes a step back. As long as the steps forward are more than the steps back, it's fine.
