NEW DECISIONS

desktop full of proofs

the basic idea for logo

2014 went out with a huge bang

(many bangs if you remember). We in Florence were hit by a "swarm" of unsettling earthquakes that

led all to think that the new year had to be better.

 

Then with the New Year, not the first day but shortly afterward, the FLU decided to hit our house. First my husband then me. Today was my first day out.

 I was on the verge of consulting my friend Suzanne White, alias High Priestess of Chinese and Western Astrology just to assure myself that these "Influenza Days" will have no bearing on what will be my destiny in the next year.

ButI've answered my own question remembering my resolution in my last post about scheduling my time more efficiently in order to apply myself for longer periods in the studio.

Believe it or not, sneezing, coughing, feverish or

not, I did some heavy duty work during this sick leave.

A week prior to the New Year, an article appeared in our newspaper publishing a public competition for the township of San Casciano V.P. They were asking for participants to design a logo for a newly formed group of museums in Chianti and Valdarno. This attracted me, why not? I wanted to participate. Illustration is not my strong point. There was little time, the deadline was on the 8th of January, but I did what I could.

It wasn't the final outcome that was important to me. It was the fact that I was putting myself into play, "sticking my neck out" as they say, trying a new possibility . . .

a new horizon, reaching out to new adventures.  The same will be happening in February when I will be applying for a juried show in Pontremoli, a sea- coast town near Carrara, where Michelangelo selected his marble.

I have a sudden feeling of freedom. . .a revelation for the new year!