Not Enough Time

Two weeks is not enough.  One of my new friends goes home on Saturday.  She planned this trip long ago. Though she loathes her job and her boss, she gave plenty of notice, studied the schoolbook cover to cover and dreamed of her arrival.  Two weeks passed too quickly, and her departure is coming way too soon.

A few of us have encouraged her to phone her boss and inform him that the hate affair they are having is over! She will not be returning.  Then she must call her man, and inform him that the love affair they’re having is about to get a whole lot better.  She is now courageous, brave, vibrant, passionate, AND unemployed.  He will soon learn that such a women is more desirable than a lady sucked dry by a man who belongs in the mailroom, licking stamps.  She, one the other hand, should be running the company – or painting.  Hopefully, she promotes herself to the lead painter position, sooner than later, as later is sometimes not soon enough.

I did not make it to the square today. It’s September.  That means that Giovanni closes the bar on Wednesday’s, and with it goes the richness of the square.  I’ve enlisted back up.  Tomorrow we go to Florence to see art, but Friday we’ll all be in the square.  They will have their cronies, and I will have mine; the mad, sketching, painting, arty types – all of us, a rage of creativity.  I will fade into the group and emerge independently another day, but soon.

I still have 2 ½ weeks.  I have no boss.  I can see the difference in my work, and the path might surprise me.  What I have discovered is that when I try to make it “right”, it’s not so much fun. When I am limited in time, and it doesn’t really matter – everything flows.  My father may not agree. He would find the more well-tuned pictorial images more pleasing – unless he had to paint them.

I will keep doing what feels good, and see where it takes me…likely to many more fascinating places.

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3 Responses to Not Enough Time

Ginny is painting the fringe on her painting of a Arapahoe Ghost Dance dress. She’s like a wild woman painting thousands of pieces of leather fringe.

I am into vineyards (working on two of them) and a larger pond painting. We took the opportunity today when we saw the door to Alta Ent. open and a very tall ladder in there to borrow it to change out the burnt light bulbs and reposition the lights. We are bright and happy and so are your paintings.

Sounds like you are in just the right place in the journey. Can’t wait to see where the twisting path takes you next. Your paintings are alive.

We’ll send you pictures of the studio on Friday night when we open the doors to the ‘art walkers’. We’re serving lemonade but if we find ourselves here alone we’ll break out the wine and eat the food ourselves.

Have fun in Firenze. If you see any paintings by Giovanni Ragusa take note for me please, he is the father of Patrick’s niece and nephew.

Your studio mates Carole and Ginny

Posted by Carole and Ginny · via sullistudios.com · 139 months ago

I am enjoying your journey. Next?

Posted by mimi torchia boothby watercolors · via sullistudios.com · 139 months ago

YOUR WORK LOOKS SUNNY AND FUN! IT APPEARS TO ME THAT YOU ARE EXCITED BY EVERY STROKE – LOVE IT!

SMALL BUS. MATTER: I TOOK $20 OFF MY RENT TO PAY FOR LIGHTBULBS IN THE STUDIO. HOPE THIS IS OKAY WITH YOU.

CAROLE AND I ARE HAVING FUN – WE MISS YOU – CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOUR NEW WORK IN PERSON. LOVED YOUR COMMENT ABOUT NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT SO “RIGHT”.

GINNY

Posted by Ginny · via sullistudios.com · 139 months ago

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