Changing the Perspective

Ahh, exciting news ahead. But until I have ... I'll keep it as a secret to me.

In any case I'm proud to say that I have already three grain-free days under my belt and I'm feeling better with each day. Wohoo.

Withered Barn Series - First Knothole (and my new motto)

Today I'm in a slightly better mood due to my meeting with L yesterday afternoon. She helped me a lot with my portfolio, what I have to do now is ruthlessly edit my pictures down to a handful. Which isn't that easy, I've got more than 2333 pictures ready for publishing on this blog! Anyway, I'll get it done. Thanks to my new motto:

Just do it and then keep going!

It works brilliantly and through doing so I painted some really fun stuff.* Before I would have given up and started over, which stopped my development and left me frustrated. I will use this new motto in all parts of my life now. I have a feeling that this will get me where I want to go!

Another positive thing: I've found the perfect pair of wingtip shoes for me! I've been searching for my perfect pair since the middle of the 1990ies. I'll show them to you soon.



* I'll show you on Monday, to give you a good start into the new week. Yes, I'm that thoughtful. XD

Withered Barn Series - Details One + a vote

News on the food front: My body voted yes for dairy-free too. I've got mixed feelings about this.

On one side I'm happy, because now I know how to get my skin in order and how to lean out effectively until summer skirts and dresses are back in season. But it also means that now I really have to think ahead when it comes to eating and I have to change my grocery shopping too. After just 5 days I'm already running out of olive oil, a bottle that had stood on my shelve untouched for months before because I used mostly butter.
Another positive thing from those 3 grain-, sugar- and dairy-free days was that I found that I do have the willpower to fight down chocolate-cravings, that is under perfect circumstances. I would probably succumb under stress. And I need to have a chocolate-free home. Any chocolate in and I would succumb.

Anyway, yesterday I shortly pondered if I still should do my Sunday ritual of Caffe Latte (milk), steamed milk with Amaretto-flavour (milk and sugar-molasses) and nougat waffles (grain, dairy and sugar) or if I should stick to simple tea instead. I've decided it is Sunday and I need it for my psyche. Well, might change my mind on this on the upcoming Sunday, depending on how my skin looks by then.

I wish all of you a wonderful new week.

Withered Barn Series - Along the long side

Oh my, I LOOOVE this series. Ahhh. It's pictures like this, when I know I am an artist. I will definitely make prints of this series, frame them and put them on my walls.

Things finally seem to come together for me. I finally got rid of a bad habit, a habit of rebellion that I had for 28 years. So I'm proud on myself for achieving this. I've also been eating grain- , sugar- and dairy-free for the last 2 days. Considering that I'm in my monthly chocolate-craving week this is quite an outstanding feat. In any case I'm currently obsessed with creamy scrambled eggs, I ate them 3 times yesterday, 2 of those servings in the evening because of the chocolate craving. This amounts to 12 eggs yesterday. Well, it helped to straighten out my serotonin levels and beat my chocolate craving so I'm fine with it. Now I just have to buy enough eggs for today, tomorrow and Monday morning, since I guess that the chocolate craving will stay around for a few more days.

Yesterday afternoon I rearranged furniture in my studio. So now my easel is standing ready to use right beside my bed and at the northern end of my room, which is the career part of my studio if I follow Feng Shui. I'm no absolute devotee to Feng Shui, but it's the best place for my easel anyway, so it fits and maybe it helps.

Withered Barn Series - Looking Up the Door Jamb