The last six months have passed in bit of blur…2011 has had a decidedly unstable start but this week marks the end of an era and the beginning of another. Two weeks ago I quit my job… I do now have another… what a shame that I’m yet to win the lottery and just be an artist all the time. At the new job, I will be working a mere 38 hours a week, as a pose to the 50 I have grown accustomed to. I will now have my evenings and my weekends off. Add this to the fact that I now find myself living on my own and I have lots of time to fill with creative activities that I’ve been longing to do for such a long time.
So what next… I want to do everything… I’m unsure how best to start this new life. I feel that things need to be done one step at a time as I’m concerned that the immense change that my life is seeing all at once may just become a tad overwhelming soon. So next month I plan to set up my studio space, this means a trip to ikea! which will provide me with a desk, a chair, a book case and drawers to put all my materials.
T’is tres exciting.
Next, set myself a brief? or should I just make it up as I go? working on different things depending on my mood? I’m inclined to write a brief or two as there are two projects that I want to make work towards. That way I can alternate between themes and ideas.
Something which I find interesting since I lost my marbles a few months ago is that I no longer feel that I must do a masters in order to survive. I would still love to do a masters, but it has suddenly become less important. I feel that actually it would be more beneficial to set up a practice (which doesn’t currently exist!) and perhaps analyze whether a masters is really what I want to do in a year or so. Making work is the priority… and maybe trying to exhibit… seeing art work… and talking about it! I miss talking about art and knowing everything about the current art world. Its time to start reading all the periodicals that I have subscribed to and paid for!
What say you on the matter?
