Starting Over

Musings of an Artist

I have kept a journal, off and on for about 43 years. Stupid commentary on the day's events that were started as preservation of memories. As I got older and became an artist, I started keeping more visual journals. Journals full of ideas. Things I may never create, but would love to remember. Simple scribbles meant to refresh creativity when I get blocked. So, here we are in the world of today, where blogging and social media are everywhere, and I simply thought I might give it a go.
What to write though? This was my nagging question. I just keep coming back to my art. That is who I am, what I know, and where my head is always at. I hope you will find interest along the way as I bring you on this journey.

Starting Over

3/22/2016

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I call myself a maker. I make things. Things I hope people will find beautiful, useful, desirable. Things that in a sense are my legacy. Others have labeled me an artist. At the end of the day, all I know is I simply must create things.
Several years ago my world turned upside down. My husband, after a seven year battle, died of bladder cancer.I was in the last stages of grad school, finishing my thesis work. I almost gave up, but I knew, for him, I had to finish. The work was important to me as it dealt with the contradictions we as humans face every day. Life and death, heaven and hell, truth and lies, good and bad, light and dark etc.... The work is what got me through the heartbreak of losing my partner of over twenty years. My thesis show was a success. I survived. I made it through the darkness and arrived on the other side of a MFA degree. That's where it almost came to an end. I had no idea where to go from there. Still don't some days, but they are fewer and farther between now.
Fast forward to today. I have since remarried, moved to Rockford Tennessee, manage my new husband's original hard rock band, work as a photographer and am building my new studio. Life is full again, but the creating is coming back at a slower pace than I would like. I am hoping that through this blog I can regain my momentum and once again find my voice in my work.
So welcome to my journey. Here is the start of my new studio.

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nica garrison

3/23/2016 12:42:02 am

welcome back to your path sweetie. you have come to far to say you're starting over. you have been making beautiful thing a long time, from your children to the candles and oil lamps (of which I still have and cherish) paintings and pottery, glass, jewelry and many more talents and trades. don't sell yourself short by "starting over". it's a process, a step, a breath that we take in our creative lives and the path meanders along rarely makings sences to even ourselves at times. my wish for you is that you enjoy your jouney.

Julie

3/23/2016 09:36:48 am

Thank you Nica. I know, you too, have had many many challenges over the years. I love to see your creations. I am enjoying the journey most days. Keeping guilt at bay is probably the most difficult challenge. A toast to both our meandering journeys! :)

Tracey link

9/4/2021 07:08:01 am

Goodd blog post

Musings of an Artist

Starting Over

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