A break

This year I usually posted something here twice a week, and it was a nice rhythm and routine. Right now I feel I have to focus on other things in my life without worrying about neglecting this space, and I will be going to Germany soon to visit my family, so I have decided to take a break from blogging for a few weeks. I am hoping to be back soon (and who knows, maybe the break will be shorter than I think). Thank you for reading and for all the kind comments. I hope you all have a great summer!

Wabi-sabi

Christmas at my family's house is more wabi-sabi than magazine perfection.

Case in point: headless crib figurines

I like wabi-sabi.

Regarding the tree, the priority is that it is cat-safe (as is the case with just about everything else in the house; one of the cats has figured out how to open the bread bin), but we still have real candles (lit only when somebody is in the room):

In the past every single ornament we had (and we have hundreds) would go on the tree, but in recent years it has become more minimalistic. The baubles are glass ones we painted when we were younger, and my mum made the straw stars.

Over the next few days things might be a bit chaotic here, as I'm trying to solve some technical problems (to do with two different Google accounts) and update a few elements. In case I don't post again before January I want to thank you all for reading and wish you a Happy New Year!

Housekeeping

I have been making some changes to the blog. They mainly involved putting together the new top bar pages. All this is a work-in-progress, and I'll be updating and editing as I go along.

The latest addition is the What I Love page, which lists a fraction of the things I love, satisfying my need for documenting and list-making. It is completely random, with no categories.

The link to my website has been up for a while, even though in real life I haven't told many people about it yet. I had wanted to get my own website for years, but was always waiting for the Right Time. The Right Time was some magical point in the future when I would have become an incredibly productive artist who had figured it all out and was happy to present herself to the world. Needless to say, I would have waited forever. I am beginning to see that it is all about the journey and to be more gentle with myself. So a few weeks ago I decided to just create that elusive website and let it grow and develop from there. With the website I have gained a second blog, something I was a bit hesitant about at first, as all this is happening at a time when I am also paring down computer stuff and trying to keep things simple. But now I'm glad I have it. It is a sort of online art journal, and I might occasionally link to it from here. This does not mean that there won't be any art-related posts here.