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Friday, January 24, 2014

☆ I Have Nothing but Time [Friday Art]


Mac has been in on a training course in the city this week, and after his first commute he texted, "I forgot how much I hate the traffic." And it made me realise how very different my life is now compared to ten years ago. 

Mac + I lived in the city for nearly ten years before we left to live overseas. We had busy lives, busy jobs + busy schedules.

Thinking about it now, I realised how much we were ruled by the clock. Time wasn't our friend. 

Back then I used to wear a watch. I was ruled by deadlines + billable hours, by bus timetables + parking restrictions, I was being consumed by the machine + there was never enough time in the day

I was a square peg trying to squeeze into a very round hole. And I always felt I was missing something.

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Now I live a very different life.

I no longer wear a watch. And I live in a very small town, where nothing is more than five minutes away.

Before I was never late. Now I am perpetually late.

Now I have nothing but time.

And while I'm still busy - I still have appointments + deadlines, the rushing + constant time allocation is no longer an all consuming thing.

So I was thinking about all of this when I was playing in my journal. A couple of weeks ago I posted a sketch on the LilliBeans Facebook page, for illustration friday's them of 'Time' so I decided to paint it on a back ground I had half started with left overs from my Lifebook catch up.

LilliBean Designs Sketch book painting, alice and wonderland style painting,
Nothing But Time.
I had planned on journalling on the right had side, but nothing inspired me, so I left it.

After all I have nothing but time to play with it.

And just this morning driving to the petrol station I had a flash of inspiration. So you will have to pop back next week to see if my idea works….

In these time driven period,  with our busy lives + full schedules, how do you carve out time for yourself? I would love it if you shared your stories with us.

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18 comments :

  1. I'm glad you had a chance to make such a wonderful change in your life. :) Wonderful painting!

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  2. Oh lovely!! Love all the textures and love the black dress. It's bold and stands out. Really lovely!

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  3. I just love this Kirstin-just as it is so I can't wait to see what you end up doing :)

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  4. I love this, especially the way you are only showing her from the waist down. The colors in the stockings and shoes are great. Wonderful! And congratulations on your new lifestyle.

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  5. Sorry, I forgot to leave a comment about your art. I really like the perspective of the waist down, which gives a sense that the woman could be any woman. I also really like the layers and textures.

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  6. How good to be able to leave the 'rat race' behind and start again! I love your painting and the way you have left the girl 'anonymous' She could be any one of us!

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  7. Beautiful page! I love the skirt and striped stockings and little red shoes!

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  8. Thanks so much Cindy x

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  9. Thanks so much Sandra - I had debated adding something else to the painting, but you have totally inspired me to just leave it. Thank you x

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  10. Thanks so much Renee - I hadn't thought about leaving her anonymous, but I do like that idea! x

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  11. Thanks so much Rita x

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  12. Thanks Linda, although I think I have just been inspired to leave it…. as much as I liked my other idea, I think it loses something when I add it. Luckily I hadn't fully changed it!! x

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  13. Thanks so much Maria x

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  14. Thanks Efi x

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  15. Thanks so much Natasha x

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  16. Thanks Susi x

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