this is as far as i got today in creating a post for you about my trip back home. as it turns out, i am suffering from a severe case of what i like to call the girl lacks time management skills. it seems i have developed a list as long as my left arm (it’s the longer of the two), and today i realised its all getting out of control. at the top of my list was ‘clean houseboat’. I’ve always found that when i am in ultra creative mode, the housework does not get done. do you find that? do you think being an artist and doing housework just don’t mix? i do, it’s like doing taxes and being creative – they cannot be done in the same breath. well, in my humble experience anyway. or perhaps i’m just no good at multi-tasking.
so, i’m afraid i totally neglected posting my promise today. but i’m hoping this photo might suffice. I took this on the plane going over australia – it is one of my favourite places to be – in a plane, heading over my homeland. it is one of the most beautiful scenes ever. and i’ll tell you more about it soon.
now i must dash for i have a date! with french boy. who is FINALLY taking me out for my birthday dinner, as promised. this is the only time we’ve had to do this since we’ve been back. We are going to a restaurant that i’ve been wanting to try for. like. ever. so, if it’s good i’ll tell you all about it tomorrow! if it’s not good, i shall not waste this precious blog space on it as i have so many wonderful things to share with you.
xx
oh and i totally got side-tracked! i was going to tell you that due to the list as long as my left arm, i think i will hold off on my sydney posts until next week. instead this week i have a whole bunch of posts i want to publish, one of them being the results of one of my latest shoots which i’m hoping you will like. until then!
i personally agree, that being an artist and household work do not mix…nor does it mix with doing bills and paperworky kind of stuff, which is why i am commenting on your blog right now instead of addressing the stack of paper giving me dirty looks right now as i type this. xo
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oh the mundane chores and how they take us from the muse!
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being creative and housework! oh, I can write a book on this. I can see the panicked look in my man’s eyes when I really (really) have forgotten to do the most basic of housekeeping chores. He is good and very helpful about everything, but it can be frustrating to live with someone who dives into a creative endeavor with body, mind, and soul and forgets that fish WAS served at dinner last night and the bones STILL are in the trash….
The opposite is true during my bed and breakfast season, when I my days are filled with laundry dusting baking bread fixing the satellite cleaning bathrooms skimming the pool making snacks. I look longingly at the door to my studio and feel the longing frustration. And sometimes a bit of sadness.
Paperwork and taxes? I don’t think I want to go there right now…
Thank you for your beautiful blog, every bit of it….
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i agree that being on a plane is one of my favourite places to be as well… it’s usually accompanied by the sweet feeling of anticipation.
can’t wait to see your photos!
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have a wonderful night, pia! this photo is beautiful. xo
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very much look forward to the pics of your shooting!! always so inspiring 🙂
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hmmmmm. housework. yes and no. i tend to find when the office, the house and the car are a little bit out of control (this is nice for yuk) then my mind tends to be in a similar place. (i mean out of control, not so much yuk!!) this is normally a very creative time, but disjointed and manic…over caffeinated you may say….
soooo when i have managed to put things in their place i can breathe and the creative energy has room to be. that is just me tho….
car, office and house a bit yuk at the moment…!
love that view too Pia….either direction. never dull….x
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i love that you mentioned taxes and creativity as not mixing well! i actually finished my taxes last night and i will say this: the happiness i felt at COMPLETING them was seriously uncalled for! i am an adult after all – taxes are par for the course… BUT i dread them all year and somehow feel i deserve a cupcake when they’re done. 😉 i’m with you on the procrastination!
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