Art

I've been trying and trying to post - and I keep typing something, and then have to do something at work. So, I'm sitting here at 6:30 on a Friday after the staff have gone home, and I should be home eating, or cleaning, or primping for the multi-party night, or trying to finish making my curtains, but instead I'm here.

I haven't written here much because I've been rapidly filling journal entries. It's your loss I'm not online at home. Oh well.

This past week, I've been experiencing everything as art, and it's beautiful. Every time I hit go on the "heartbreak" playlist on my ipod the songs have a completely different layer of meaning for me.

Next weekend I'm hosting an arts night. I've been wanting to for so long - and now I'm finally doing it. I'm inviting tons of people - and I hope to have my little apartment stuffed full of people that love the arts. Unfortunately, most of my dance friends will be in Seattle that weekend, but I have work people and church people I've met who will be there. The theme is "Changing Creation" and I'm asking everyone to bring one old and one new work of their own creation.

The theme came to me because I've realized how much harder it is for me to perform or share something the more I learn about it, or the better I get at it. So I'm going to accept the change, and be ok that I can't sing as well as I used to - and sing the piece I sang at the first art salon I went to. I'm excited. It's not about how good you art, or how good your work is. It's about sharing, and the connection that happens through the arts. THAT'S what REALLY makes good art - it's soul is NOT in the technique. SO there it is. I'll probably show the video of my performance art piece as my new work. That will be totally different too, because experiencing a video is completely different than a performance. I'll see it from the other side. Scary. Great!!! Change.