to class or not to class...

update:
Tamia hits overload:

Recently watched a fabulous Mini series: THE IMPRESSIONISTS, staring Julian Glover. It focused mostly on Monet, but brought the history of all the impressionists alive.(Renoir, Bazille, Degas, Manet...) I think it must also be where we get the cultural "starving artist" archetype from. It was extremely inspiring paint wise, to see him with 5 canvases painting haystacks as the light changed! Yay!

More to come later about my thoughts on that! ART saves lives, and makes life worthwhile. Really.

My new psychology of dreams class started last night. I went to the first class to discuss with the instructor if I should bother to stay. It seems fascinating, but I had decided not to do it. Then I got sucked into it all. But I can't afford it right now. I have to drop it no matter how enticing it is.

I have never had such a hard time finding work! And I FEEL like its not anybody else's problem, to solve. Job hunting eats into my inspiration, painting and collaborative art projects a lot. I spend 30 hours a week at that, and figuring out how to afford to drive to the one job I still work 10 hours at. aarrggggh.

Sorry. Don't mean to whine. But it is a very prominent part of my current progress. I am somehow not inspired to paint, or do much else, but to keep searching and applying for even the most ludicrous jobs. I think STRESSED OUT is a drastic understatement. But hey! At least I can still write from life Hirsh! ;) how about that?



PROJECTS: NEXT UP: A few selections from The Artists Way, by Julia Cameron, seem timely to this point of my creative recovery. I need to do more art photos for the film and power point. I am also still trying to get just one of those pesky, flaky, noncommittal film students to let me help with something, anything, so I can learn more about what they are doing and film process. I may have to tank the power point so I can focus on the film stuff instead. I've spent a lot of time spinning my wheels trying to connect with those flaky film students.