"MY PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO USE MY ART FOR ANIMAL RESCUE"

The River

You probably know the saying about how, if you go with the flow of your life, you harness the power of a mighty river! It is making sense to me now. I do feel almost propelled along a path these days, as what was a bread and butter steady paycheck, the nine-year Homehealth and Hospice-care job, ended 5 months ago and everything has indicated since then that going back to that work is not what I should do, sort of the "that was then, this is now" type thing. I have been concentrating on ebay and my art. I worked at it all along but was too fatigued from Hospice care of my patient that I could not produce much art. I was more than burnt out, I was fried to a crispy little shred. Ironically, right before that job ended, I had very deliberately made the decision to leave the sedona gallery my paintings were in. It was one more stress factor I needed to do away with.  Doing my art for ebay is the most liberating, exhilarating passage I have ever had as an artist! "Freedom" doesn't even begin to sum up the concept!

carriebaby
Glad to have ya with us Artful! :) Welcome to the blogs! Lots of artists post examples of their work here for everyone to see..

Here is a little blog I wrote for the new people, this has info on how to post photos in your blog too :)

http://blogs.ebay.com/carriebaby/entry/Tons-of-New-Bloggers-Today-Welcome-Learn-Here/_W0QQidZ55484017

I hope ya sell a million!
Oct-09-06 09:17:30 PDT Report this comment
1008ohgal
artfulgifter...you go gal!! That's great you finally found your path to happiness in your work!

carriebaby..thank you so much for the photo post info!! I've been trying and trying to learn how to do that but it kept not working right because I had no idea I was suppose to unclick the 'show source' box after I pasted the html in. Now I know! Too cool! :)
Oct-09-06 09:34:13 PDT Report this comment
artfulgifter
thanks,100ohgal! hey...cool trucks!
Oct-09-06 09:56:29 PDT Report this comment
redcowspots
Your work is beautiful! Do you do Weiner Dogs??
Oct-09-06 10:57:39 PDT Report this comment
jalmv
I love the bunny - he is on my watch list.
Welcome to the blogs.
Oct-09-06 18:19:46 PDT Report this comment
mike_leuszler
Amen! I had the same situation and am now dealing with it in the same way. It's taking me longer, but you sound like you're on your way to success.

Mike
Oct-12-06 08:12:10 PDT Report this comment
artfulgifter
rhonda9688, I didn't see your post til today, so sorry! I have been painting like crazy and totally forgot I'd started a blog.I'm not used to this stuff! Of course I paint weiner dogs! Let's talk some more?
Oct-16-06 07:31:53 PDT Report this comment
artfulgifter
carriebaby, thank you for that info. I have never gotten the hang of the picture posting thing, I really must concentrate harder. I'll give it a try soon.
Oct-16-06 07:34:14 PDT Report this comment
rusticmooncrafts
Wonderful blog Lee! Your words are an inspiration to artists like me. Thanks for sharing your beautiful spirit and compassionate heart.

Skye :o-)
Dec-18-07 17:15:19 PST Report this comment

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