The Artist and How Time can Escape

My Studio waiting for me!!

My Work waiting for me!!

     Each morning I wake up to my 2 dogs gathering by the bedside ready to eat breakfast and go out and see what has changed overnight on the back property.  They patiently wait for me to wash my face, pull on my clothes, open the blinds, and just bumble around as I awake.  When they are fed, I let them out the door and have a peak at my E-Mail to check into the world.  I dare not stay too long on the computer because I know Ziggy is waiting in his lower pen staring at my front door.  I FEEL that horse stare at the back of the house at my computer.  Out I go with 2 gallons of warm water to de-ice the water containers.  Ziggy is fed his supplements first in the lower pen. I sneak behind the studio building (which is out of sight of the upper pen) with  his bucket of special feed that I hang on the fence so the goats do not "invade"his food.  All 4 goats are waiting for me by the gate as I enter the corral in the upper pen to move the large metal feeder into place and change out a bucket of water.  I dump hay through the opening in the hay barn to the feeder and hit Abbakiss on target everyday as he stands in the middle of the feeder.  This is his new game, to "receive" the hay before everyone else.  I then feed Abbs and Cloud in their yurt because when Ziggy comes up from eating his supplements, it will be too crowded at the large feed bin  and goats could go flying as Zigs uses his powerful head to move them around.  Once everyone is fed, I let the dogs into the corral area and muck up manure.  I actually like this task very much (except on cold, windy, snowy days) because it is quiet and peaceful on the land and my mind goes into non-stressful think mode.  Sometimes I sing because no one can hear but the animals and that's OK with them.  Next is breakfast and the start of my day in the studio or on the computer.

I have been itching to work in my studio for the last week, but somehow the time and days have gotten away from me.  I also feel I have been in think and look mode which compels me to peruse various sites on the internet as I "prowl" for interesting work that is stimulating to my process.  This activity is usually a prelude to intensive work time.  Today I have also decided to apply for a exhibition I thought I would skip, but a second notification in my E-Mail "pricked" my interest enough to apply.  Deciding to apply to shows is determined by venue, curator, cost, and the number of images one can submit.  I am very particular about applying and often feel I need to have the new ideas percolating in my head completed before I fill out an application.  Of course if I followed through on that thought I would never apply to any show because there are always ideas and images popping up as I go about my life.  I spent an inordinate amount of time this morning re-sizing and preparing 8 images with labels and explanations on an on-line site.  When I looked up it was almost mid-afternoon and I was starving.  The dogs were also starving  and as I was feeding them they got into one of their fights that I had to referee.  That incident  took up  more time.  No blood, thank goodness.  As lunch was cooking I began this blog and after lunch I wanted to complete my writing.  So here I am  as the day has moved along at its own pace finishing up my writing and knowing I must go out to the corral to feed the "boys".  All in all a very good day with much done but not in the studio yet.  The anticipation is growing and I look forward to tomorrow knowing I have my writing finished for the week.