Mermaid Tango is going out to sea.
I create, read, study, spend family time, fold clothes, spend Double BB time, walk, rest, sip tea, spray paint, experiment with new recipes, visit art galleries, wash dishes, journal, play pounce & bounce with Zoe, go camping with the fellas, attend a Women's Circle meeting, work, sleep, sit on my patio roost & commune with the birds, and distill it all down to this amazing cocktail that I call 'my life.' Good stuff, not always easy or sanitary, but My Real Thing.
Priority.
Pretty early on after initiating this blog, while still interviewing artists, I realized that format was turning me into a shadow artist. But since letting go of that structure for Mermaid Tango, I haven't been able to figure out why, exactly, I have a blog, why I'm still maintaining this one. I've got no connection or commitment here, don't feel any mojo about posting, and I feel it shows.
Most particularly, 98.92% of everything I'm doing creativity-wise is, in both process and result, a journey I prefer to explore privately -- which leaves me with superficial leftovers for sharing and really nothing of import to say. My other two blogs contained my soul and enthusiasm, my discoveries and exuberance. The real thing to me, then, and I couldn't wait to post. Now, blogging feels obligatory, and (worse yet) boring -- which leaves me saying the proverbial, 'Oh, HELL no!'
I'm going to quit while we're all ahead and send us all forward toward that which delivers THE REAL THING to each of us.
Travel well, learn much, savor it all.
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Life is a journey that we at any age do not know what path we are going to take...sometimes, the a new route is what one person needs to see the horizon again.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed your enteries & your work...I'm going to keep yah around...just in case...wink wink.
I'm going to keep you around too just in case, I have to say I did like the contact with you and you will always have a special place in my heart. But I will be on the lookout for you. good luck and keep going on the journey.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed your blog so much since finding it a few months ago but I can understand that you no longer find it rewarding. All the best....
ReplyDeleteI quite understand. I have a blog but I don't know why I'd use it - I'd rather do my own private journal - and I don't expect anyone to be interested in me. BUT I loved your post on templates (and use them) and the one on symbology. so I'll be really sad to miss you.
ReplyDeleteBut, you'll still email, right?
ReplyDeleteRIGHT?
When we enjoy something and want to share it with the world and it starts becoming "obligatory"...Tis not good for the soul. Keep on your journey my friend. I will not say good-bye, but "Hasta Luego".
ReplyDeleteIt's just not the right time for you to do this at the moment. But it will be again I'm sure. :-) And I hope we still keep in touch!
ReplyDeleteToni, when I looked at your blog it just wasn't you somehow and I stopped 'popping in'. I think blog fatigue is something a lot of people are experiencing right now. So go out there and get some fresh air, and enjoy the journey...... see ya in Normandy perhaps??
ReplyDeleteyou are missed sweet love !
ReplyDeletehi desert mermie.
ReplyDeletethank you for your caring comment on my blog. i just wanted you to know that i had to delete your comment because of a few words you used that could be detected by those creepies out there. that is how they find stuff. didn't want you to think i deleted it for any other reason. you are always so wonderful and gentle. couldn't find your email. if you want to write more, please email me. take gentle care, sweet soul. xoxo
Interesting to follow Judy Wise commenters and find someone in the same predicament as me. I am blogging less and feeling it's mandatory. Well, we'll see if I get re-inspired.
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