- Ever since I read that Vincent Van Gogh considered orange to be the colour of insanity, I have felt a little uneasy around it. How to use a colour that might be insane? But when paired with pink and purple and lavendar, it's kind of lovely I think. Orange has started to grow on me, and I figure it's made me uneasy long enough, why not be friends.
- My design studio is in the midst of being reorganised and it's an utter and total and collosal mess! I am not berating myself about how long it is taking ( a new thing), I am merely plowing through the mess and divesting myself of things that I no longer need or want.
- Things are calm and peaceful inside my head when the worry monster is away, and he's been away for a while now. I am hoping that Stan found another place to live and won't be back. Don't get me wrong, I do not wish him on some nice unsuspecting person, hopefully he found a lovely hollow tree, on the side of a hill, and he watches the sun go down into the ocean every evening. That's what I hope for him.
- When I am super busy, making lists is very calming.
- When I am super busy, staring out a window and watching the trees or the birds is very calming.
- When the worry monster is away, there is so much room to think and plan!
- I think I have discovered my maximum book reading capacity: 3 non-fiction, 1 business, 1 novel and a book of poetry. That's all I can read simultaneously. Hmmm perhaps that isn't the right word, I don't mean to imply that I am reading them all at the same moment, but in the same sphere of time. 3. 1. 1. 1. Six, yeah, that might be it.
- I was thinking about the threads of my life the other day. Some are tangled, some are dangling, some have not yet been used and many many more are woven and lovely and integrated and holding the warp in place, and it got me to thinking about the tapestry of a life. What would your life look like if it was woven into a tapestry, to hang on the wall of your home?
- Did I mention that things are so much easier when the worry monster is gone. Yeah. I know I did. It is just such a revelation that apparently I needed to mention it 3 times here.
- OK last thought for week 8: snow is being predicted for the Bay Area, get this, AT sea level on Thursday or maybe Friday this week. Think it's really going to happen? I'm going to keep my camera ready.
I'm trying to say bye to the worry monster too. It really is a little asshole don't you think. I wonder why we allow it too hang around so often...
Love the orange, very pretty, especially with the lavender flowers.
Posted by: Debbie | February 22, 2011 at 05:28 PM
hmmm...wonder why i am so drawn to orange. wink
Posted by: kelly | February 22, 2011 at 05:30 PM
YOU make me laugh! oh yes you do!
Posted by: Liz | February 22, 2011 at 05:59 PM
beautiful! the oranges you created are really striking. so happy to here the worry monster is at bay. it is a real drag when its around.
Posted by: Kristen | February 22, 2011 at 08:28 PM
*hear* not here. you know what I mean. ;)
Posted by: Kristen | February 22, 2011 at 08:28 PM
Lovely oranges. I have been trying to bust out of my comfort zone and work with more warm colors, your orange is inspiring me!
Posted by: Mari | February 24, 2011 at 05:44 AM
Beautiful new work and very insightful self management and inspirations. Love it.
Posted by: niya sisk | February 24, 2011 at 09:21 PM
I love that you have such a pleasant wish for Stan...what a great image!!
Posted by: Swirly | February 25, 2011 at 07:21 AM
I'm so glad you gave orange the green light. I especially love it with pink and purple! I saved a Barbie dress from my childhood, because it has that exact color combination and it inspires me.
Posted by: Kelly | February 25, 2011 at 08:07 AM