Beating My Head Against the Wall

While I am excited by the series of paintings that I have begun in the studio I am frustrated with living the life. When you are in the bottom of the rollercoaster it feels like you will never get back up to the top. I have had three new clients (yea!) but alas, all are paying on time and one had a payment returned. The galleries that I visited in DC, still have not responded ( guess that is better than a rejection letter) and the "We are sorry..." Letters from the grant applications are starting to come in, two so far.

For me financially, it is always when we sell the next painting we will be fine. But, by the time we make that sale, it is time to say, "When we sell the next painting, we will be fine."

According to the book "Shock of the New", Franz Kline and his wife made a distinction. They never said they were poor, it was always that they were broke. To them and me, being poor means no hope, being broke, is short term, and perhaps by choice. So, will I'm in the down swing of the rollercoaster, I remember that I knowingly got on this ride and I can't imagine doing anything else.

I promise new pictures with the next posting. And I will begin a more disciplined approach to regular postings.

Greig