Surrealmuse Studios

I once got into a discussion with one of my friends about artists, and how they are no different that plumbers or any other field that comes to mind that is far from the artistic. And to me, he was getting at the point that artists are no more “godlier” than those who work in other fields. But show up on any opening night of a famous artist, and you might have an interesting time watching the flocks of fans that verbally bow down. Because I do think many of the greats consider themselves to be god like. I guess it’s no different than doctors that get too cocky once they’ve saved the world too many times to count.

But enough about that, the real point of this entry is about one of the blessings I think artists have. That is, we have a way to express our emotions. Whether happy or sad, mad or crazy, we have an outlet to let it all out for the world to see. And I wonder what do the plumbers in the world do?

Some may have creative outlet hobbies such as gardening, which is one of my favorite pastimes. But what do you do if you don’t have a hobby? Turn to the bottle? And drown your sorrows away?

The other point of this entry to express my sorrow over missing my artwork missing that creative outlet. If you’ve been keeping up on the latest postings, I’ve been on this recent kick that you can make time for art even if it is only 15minutes. But do I follow my own advice? If course not!

The main cause for my departure at the site and my lack of anything remotely artistic in months has been due to my job. Ever since I got promoted, I’ve been working ungodly hours, and if I do have any free time, it’s either spent cleaning my house or literally passed out on my couch veggin’ out in front of the tv.

So while I do have “15minutes” available and could make the time, I haven’t been able to mentally make the leap from my extremely analytical accounting work to something creative. And it’s only been in these past few days that I’ve had off that I could even ponder the issue at hand.

So what’s an artist with a real life job suppose to do?

Well, to start off with, this year I have several goals around this subject matter. The main one is to find a good work/life balance. And secondly, I’m working on creating an online support group for artists to help us through the ups and downs of creating. So I’ll keep you posted, and if anyone is interested in joining the online support group, let me know, and I’ll send you an invite.