Today was a good foundation-work day, though the foundations weren’t always directly related to art. I slept in, washed dishes, sorted through old family photos to scan, scanned some of them, did my morning pages, did laundry, went to the climbing gym with Erik, went to Ranch 99 and the natural grocery, and did a tiny bit of decoupage prep. I will probably read some more of Virginia Woolf’s diary before bed, and I plan to go to bed ON TIME!
I seem to go through phases of activities, with each day having a primary focus. Last week the primary focus was usually writing or decoupage prep; today it was household activities and photos. I wonder whether I could build up stamina to focus on more things in each day, translating this into an ability to focus on more projects at a time? Though I must say, this day has answered a question I’ve long pondered: do household tasks really take up as much time as they seem to? (That is, when they seem to take up the entire day, is it really because they do take that much time, or is it because I’m wasting time in between and not noticing it?) The answer: yes, they DO take up that much time! Oh, how I envy Virginia Woolf (and fictional Harriet Vane and Troy Alleyn) for living in a time and place when a well-to-do lady needed not to attend to such tasks!
Tomorrow is my last drawing class, and I am looking forward to being shed of that obligation. I guess if I’m to be honest I would say I haven’t gotten as much out of the classes as I’d hoped, though I have enjoyed them. But the 7-10 PM time slot is just too onerous to be pleasurable. I cannot properly enjoy the day if I know I have sleepiness to look forward to at its close!
Drawing class aside, I wouldn’t be upset if I spent tomorrow doing more cleaning and tidying, with some creative tasks stuck in among the household ones. I do very much need to get the house in order, and doing so also helps me think.
Wednesday I am hoping to work 9-5.
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