Recycling... Organizing... Creating.

I'm going through what appears to be a recycling phase in my artistic life. There are some things that are not working as I'd like, and others that sound to me to be in need of urgent changes. I've been experiencing different techniques and approaches toward my themes and also trying to find ways to turn things a bit more organized and exciting.

At the last Lexington Pagan Pride I saw a tarot reader that warned me about the need of some changing in my professional life. At that moment I didn't realize that I needed that, everything was just fine the way it was, but a couple weeks ago I began to look at my works with different eyes and everything suddenly made sense. In fact I've been too eager in embracing new opportunities and getting involved with so many things that I've been feeling overwhelmed. And it is not bringing any good to my development as an artist - or my sanity.

It seems that Artessence will also change. I've been planing bigger things to this humble space and attempting to transform it in a real project. I'm excited. While it does not happen, I leave you with this wonderful interview with the Dutch philosopher Robert Happé (the website is in Portuguese and also the video subtitles, but the interview is in good English), which is pretty much the spirit of Artessence. Enjoy!

Studio updates here!

When this blog was initially constructed, it was intended to accommodate my insights in astrology and spirituality. I had the project in hands and mind but I still didn't know very well what to do with it. You know, I have this tendency of accumulating projects, and then I end up with so much stuff in hands that it gets almost impossible to handle everything. So I recently took the decision on taming my super-ultra-mega Gemini tendency of working in one thousand things at the same time and put my projects together in just a few places.

I used to have a Livejournal to keep people updated with news about my artwork. But since I found out that they are now putting advertising everywhere on the site, and I don't feel inclined to pay for an ad-free account, I thought that maybe it would be a better idea to bring the artwork updates here. After all, this is also a blog about art and its connections with the spirit. And I'd have one less thing to take care of, what's always terrific when you are an artist and full time mom... ;)

So, if you want to keep informed about what I've been doing and don't really care about astrology, tarot cards and metaphysical stuff, just look for the label Studio Updates on the right.
And be welcome!