I'm Awful

Remember when I said that I was going to be more diligent in my blogging, that I would post pictures from an exhibit that actually inspired me? Remember when that all fell by the wayside and I haven't posted since APRIL! And I NEVER posted those pictures, pictures that are on my computer waiting  to be uploaded, but never have. Though let me tell you, my online shopping has not suffered. Why is it that my shopping always comes before my love of art? Perhaps it's easier on me that way. It's more of an instant gratification. Not that I write this for anyone but myself, it seems as though you haven't waited on baited breath to see my pictures or listen to me spout on about my lack of love on Modern Day art.

But here this, in my unemployed haze, yes I'm unemployed and still online shopping, I have come to be inspired not to write about other people's art but to create my own. With three canvases in tow I am nervous, anxious, and excited to create something of my very own. There is some sort of pride I hold when I'm walking back from Utrecht with a big white bag with it's logo stamped on it so that everyone can see that I'm about to do something arty. A neighbor of mine saw me and stopped me commenting, "I didn't know you were an artist?!". I replied, "I'm not...It's more like a hobby than anything else." "Have you ever shown your work? Do you have a website?" he asked. "A website?" I laughed to myself thinking, "A website? For my 'work'? Are you kidding me? No." The conversation was interesting for two reasons:

1. When he said, "I didn't know you were an artist" and my immediate response was to laugh and say "No, I'm not an artist, it's just a hobby". But in looking back, what if I am? I could be? I've seen art out there WAY worse than mine hung in galleries all over Milwaukee, maybe I could be....maybe I already am.
2. "A website". A website to display your artwork, with a website who needs gallery space...right? When shopping in malls could easily become obsolete because of the internet, hell, when going to school IN school is now an option for some instead of mandatory for all, why not have galleries be the next thing to cross of our lists? Is nothing sacred anymore? This from the girl who once had a corner filled with carboard boxes from shipments of purchased goods bought online.

Five months later and I am nowhere near where I wanted to be in my art blogging career but I swear, one of these days I'm going to be on this like wildfire....hopefully.

Until then, something is better than nothing right?