Why Hello There 2015

Ahhhh...

 

That was a good break, I must say.

Thanks for hanging in there and being patient during that rather lengthy break of mine.

I was in my studio after the Xmas holidays getting a lot of sketching done in the company of way too much chocolate, in front of roaring fires, besides napping bunnies & during indulgent trash t.v.!

I didn't get as much work done as I was hoping for because head pain has been super bad and unfortunately very consistent but I did get some needed studio organizing done

and I did get some much needed rest...I admit it, I napped away like 20 year old cat!!!

I did also got an incredibly awesome (and intimidating) new printer & I can't wait to start using it.

 

This break was needed too because to be honest sometimes a sensitive little artist such as myself

just needs to cocoon herself off all safe and snug like to warm up her soul & spirit before once again

spreading her wings and taking off into the big huge unknown world of 'online'.

 

I am ready to be back at it all now though.

 

I am ready to keep on plugging away...

whether people are looking and liking or not!
Whether those much needed and sought after opportunities come or not!

I feel proud of my work last year, I did ALOT, a whole lot, it was my most prolific year yet

which is something to note because it was without a doubt also my worst head pain year yet.

 

 

I step into this New Year full of possibilities and dream-making

with three things I know to be true acting as my sturdy diving board;

I am completely and utterly lucky in love and will unashamedly fully bask in all that goodness.

I am a bunny-mama and I am going to embrace all that that means, lone black sheep & all!

and I am an artist to the very core of my cells and this year I will continue to grown within that...

I want to unabashedly and happily submerge into it all...

to sink into it all the soul vibrating pleasure that unbridled creativity can bring.

 

I am also buzzing with anticipation over some big studio/art plans and changes that are in the works as I slowly transition from the old 'Bijou's Whimsy' illustration identity that no longer suits me
into the new whimsical handmade indie entity I am now meant to be.

 

So dearest New Year

I am strong, I am unique, I am true...

and I am ready for more of all of your abundant beauties.

 

and I really hope that you continue to join me on this blog as I share a bit of my world, work & joys.

 

XO and see you all next week.

Inspiration: Part 1

I've been stepping away from my studio and desks abit more than normal the last couple of weeks.

I think I needed a break after my exhibition was hung.

And migraines have been absolutely horrible

I've had some degree of a sore head pretty much every single day for the past 2 months now

and the last 4 days, as a summer storm mounted, I spent mostly in a darkened bedroom.

I even had to leave my mom's b-day party early because I just got too dizzy & had to lie down.

It's been truthfully feeling really hard.

But it finally stormed last night and the pain started to ebb away

and today the pain has broke almost completely!

So I spent the day toggling happily between house cleaning and just roaming our beloved yard,

basking in the wind, letting it blow away the negative of these pain-ridden days...

(even as the pressure is once again building again in the back of my head!)

 

 

The whole time I could barely open my eyes I was found myself concentrating on 3 main things.

1) how insanely much I love my partner and how insanely lucky I am to have him

2) how much I love all of our 8 bunnies and how much they bring to my life

and 3) what pictures & projects I couldn't wait to tackle as soon as I was able to get back to work!

 

 

So than naturally, I got to thinking about inspiration...

what drives us to push past all of the hardships and crap?

 

 

Yesterday, we were watching a CF-18 roar across the sky above our little city.

It was just so very cool.

I couldn't help but think of the pilot in that plane...so amazingly impressive.

(Today is Canada's Armed Forces Appreciation Day...

so he was out practicing for this afternoon's performance).

 

 

I couldn't help but wonder what drives these impressive pilots to do what they do.

It can't be all that different from what drives me to want to create even in the midst of horrible pain.

It's such a beautiful thing isn't it?

Inspiration....

It takes so many different forms.

 

(the photos are of the Canadian Snowbirds. whom we saw a couple summers ago)

Inspiration...
it pushes a deeply passionate person to go up against all odds...
it let's us follow our hearts on a winding path...
it blindly leads us to a life of living our bliss.

it's SO grand, SO complex, SO Simple and such a Beautiful Thing.
and as elusive as inspiration can sometimes seem to be...I firmly believe it's always present.

What is Inspiring you today???