My husband has just one entry on the blog page of his website. It reads, 'I once had delusions that I would have time to write a blog".
I am feeling a little like that at the moment. It has been almost 2 years since I wrote this blog (OK, I published a post earlier today, but it doesn't count as it was written in draft back in 2013).
So, anyhow. Why did I stop writing blogs, apart from going through a spectacularly busy year with 5 exhibitions, doing up and selling a house, running a retreat and changing schools for my son?
In short, I was experiencing burnout at the time and that lead to a bout of depression. I mention this as I think our culture's ability to be open (and supportive) about mental health is a very important issue - and I want to remind anyone out there who is overdoing it to take a break!
Luckily, I am on the mend again and have had a couple of years of fewer exhibitions (about 2 a year - much more doable), lots of cycling and also a wonderful 6 month travelling stint with my kids and husband which took us to Australia, Indonesia, Nepal, France and the UK. I shall post something on this later....
So now I am back home and getting back into the studio. I have 2 exhibitions coming up, one in Kereru and another in Oxford Arts Centre. And I am also keen to get back into keeping a blog. It's important for me to reflect on my work and I hope it's useful to share some of those thoughts with anyone out there who might be interested in a similar form of art practice or who simply might want to know what is behind my work.
So, here is my intention: To write a blog entry at least once a month. Let's see how that goes...
I am feeling a little like that at the moment. It has been almost 2 years since I wrote this blog (OK, I published a post earlier today, but it doesn't count as it was written in draft back in 2013).
So, anyhow. Why did I stop writing blogs, apart from going through a spectacularly busy year with 5 exhibitions, doing up and selling a house, running a retreat and changing schools for my son?
In short, I was experiencing burnout at the time and that lead to a bout of depression. I mention this as I think our culture's ability to be open (and supportive) about mental health is a very important issue - and I want to remind anyone out there who is overdoing it to take a break!
Luckily, I am on the mend again and have had a couple of years of fewer exhibitions (about 2 a year - much more doable), lots of cycling and also a wonderful 6 month travelling stint with my kids and husband which took us to Australia, Indonesia, Nepal, France and the UK. I shall post something on this later....
So now I am back home and getting back into the studio. I have 2 exhibitions coming up, one in Kereru and another in Oxford Arts Centre. And I am also keen to get back into keeping a blog. It's important for me to reflect on my work and I hope it's useful to share some of those thoughts with anyone out there who might be interested in a similar form of art practice or who simply might want to know what is behind my work.
So, here is my intention: To write a blog entry at least once a month. Let's see how that goes...
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