Life and Art

Balancing Life and Art is a messy frustrating thing. It is like I'm riding in a car in the front passenger seat trying to talk to Life, the driver, and talk to Art, the passenger in the back seat, at the same time. It makes me car sick. I am struggling to find time and inspiration to work on new artistic projects. This proving difficult at the moment while I'm feeling somewhat beaten down by my the commitment to my day job (server - only server - at Dirt Candy. It is like a 9-5 office job but with much more physical activity, although I do have a masochistic love for it). To keep my body inspired I try to take dance class twice a week. Then my artistic brain tries to get a groove on in the quiet hours of the night, whilst battling not to veg out on Facebook (sadly, sometimes trying to keep up with my own SPINE mates Cory, Brent and Allen via status updates because we are all so busy). Then enters the administrative seductions of grants and fund raising (actually more like research hell). Oh, and did I mention a love life. Let's just squeeze that in like putting a box on a shelf when it is a millimeter too big. UGH. Balancing, Juggling, Dropping. I am trying not to spend too much time preciously picking up the pieces. Just trying to get on with it (after I take some 'ginger trips' for my car sickness).