Maybe I "Art Journal"?

Hello art friends!

It’s the last week of October – and that reflectiveness from the middle of the year feels even stronger now, with only two months of the year left, and two busy months, because I have my biggest deadline – Christmas! And I probably won’t have or make time for doing anything other than commissions...

(PS, I love an ‘em dash’, I did not use AI to write this!! I came up with these words all in my own brain – original I know!)

It’s been quiet at my day job recently, so I’ve had a little extra brain space for that reflectiveness. I have been looking at my bingo list again, thinking mostly about what I haven’t achieved – even though the bingo card was meant to be a “ fun” thing to do! Although, sometimes, in moments like this, I have found it helpful to redirect and ask myself what I would like to achieve, and, which of the things on my list I could tick off in the next couple of months.

Anyway, in this brain space moment, I had a brainwave – to coincide with my monthly roundups on Instagram about my art, I thought I should do an art journal about the things I have done that month, how have I felt, do I feel productive, do I feel stressed, have I found a good 'art to work' to life balance? Because I think it’s important to show that it’s not all sunshine and roses, but also it’s helpful for me to reflect and see what I have achieved. Ultimately, I am hoping this will be a realistic way to tick off "Write 5 blog posts", and write about art more often.

So please, be prepared for my mental musings once a month! October summary pending...

Alice x