Last week I felt so great about the feedback I received from my critique group, I thought this would motivate me to dive back into work. But last weekend, and early into this week I felt pretty drained mentally. This whole week has been a bit of a blur, as each week day I thought it was a completely different day. I also thought that it was the last week of April…There’s still another one. But, I do think I made some good progress with my cyanotype work. And took some time to do a few creative things outside of my art practice that I’ll share later.

This week it felt harder to consistently work, I definitely did not meet my goal of work hours, but I was also trying to work on a few things for my business that would bring in more funds for materials. I do think I made some progress in the work I’m making, and was able to take more photographs than I had in week 1.

This week I decided to begin my own Artist Residency in Motherhood.

I’ve always viewed care taking and my domestic life as an obstacle in my art practice. I can’t have un interrupted studio time and work for six hours straight, or stay up well into the night like I used to. But I also can’t keep working with the frame of mind that I didn’t get some type of studio work done because of my role as a mother, or wife.