Possibilites

Life is full of possibilities, you never know really which road you will turn down next. If you had asked me when I was 18 what I would be doing now 10 years later at 28, I would not have told you happily married to scientist, owning a house, working at a vet clinic and attempting to become a "real" artist. I would have told you I would be traveling the world, dating a rock star (certainly I was NEVER going to get married) and working odd jobs to get by. If you has asked me then what kind of possibilities my life held I would have denied I ever wanted what I have now. I was going to travel the world and never settle down. The funny thing is I really love my life, I love the direction it went in and the places its taken me. I wouldn't change a thing.

Recently as many of my friends prepare to travel, move or have big changes in their life, I realized how differently I view the possibilities that lie ahead. Now I am happy to stay in one place and I don't really want to run the roads. I like my house and I like my bed, I am too old to sleep in the back of a car or on someones sofa. Instead I look forward to exciting vacations and living vicariously through more adventurous friends. Sure there are still days I wake up and say today I want adventure, but for the most part I don't mind that sometimes the most exciting part of my day is taking the dogs for a walk.

Oddly as my life settles into place my art seems to be in a whirlwind. I am ready to try all kinds of new things, I have more ideas than I have time for. I have thought of three new series I would like to make and have an ambitious idea of a gargoyle table. I have always had lots of ideas but never this many. I am not sure if this is because I know I'm not going anywhere so I can settle in and work, or if its because I recently had months of artists block, so all those ideas that built up are free now. Whatever the cause I am happy to have my creative spark back, I am happy to see so many possibilities laying ahead in clay for me. I cant wait to see how many I can actually bring to life!