Sweet Bursts

I used to think it would be so wonderful to be retired so I’d have the time for my art and could do it uninterrupted for hours and days. But now that I am retired, I still have some trouble finding time.  Life is very busy in a 55+ community where there is every imaginable activity to pursue. But I learned quickly that if I wanted to “find” time for art, I had to “make” time for it.  So I decided that, since I could not possibly give up all the fun activities I participate in, I’d just have to put art before housework and bill paying and chores.  So that is what I do and I succeed at it very well, thank you!  

The most interesting thing about my art is that I am better at it in short bursts rather than long sessions – perhaps because I lately have the attention span of a flea?? So it’s pretty easy to work my art in around everything else – an hour or two at a time.  And since I have many different art interests, I can be working on lettering designs in the morning burst, found-object jewelry in the afternoon spurt and freeform crochet while I’m watching TV in the evening.  

Who’d a thunk it – time enough for the enjoyments, and it’s amazing how one thing leads to another in my art and  improves it because I do so much of it in those short, sweet bursts!