U is for Unhappy or my brain needs a vacation

[Sandi Wedemeier]

Yesterday I had an okay day really. I continued with my knotting projects, completed 6 pieces (one for me), scanned them and started a 7th piece, also for me. Then last night, I was overwhelmed by a wave of unhappy out of nowhere; it literally made me shake my head. This was an odd experience.

I didn't want to go to sleep in the same old bed, wake up in the same old bed, make the same old coffee, read the same old mail/email, do the same old things I've been doing everyday since...well,for a long time. I'm not sure what it is I needed...a vacation is so totally out of the picture, even going to visit friends in Minneapolis would take far more money than I have to spare right now.

Maybe I need to rearrange my furniture, paint some walls, make some new drapes and curtains, burn some new incense. Maybe what I really need is to think some new thoughts, let my mind take a vacation, not worry over things I can't affect right now anyway. That seems much easier said than done.

I don't want to dwell in my life anymore. I need a new *home*.

[Sandi Wedemeier]

I was staring blankly at my art table yesterday and my gaze stopped at the huge pile of paint samples that accumulated while trying to make decisions last year. I decided that they would make good fodder for "couch art"...the concept being, these colors lost the paint war. Haven't decided quite how to do this yet...but it's percolating.

[Brigitte Pugliese]

Yes i agree with Christy. go for it! be sure and post pics too!

[Christy]

Just my thought but I think you have your answer in your post above. Grab something, anything, even if it is just paper and create a piece of art for your living room wall. Even if it is just temporary. Even if it is reflective of how you feel now (a new 'home') or of how you want to feel (comfort, contentment, new). And of course, there is always just painters tape and squares of color. Paint can be covered.

[Sandi Wedemeier]

Thank you Brigitte...I think the rearranging of furniture is the best thing right now. It's barely been a year since I painted my front entry, livingroom, hallway and side entry. However, I still do need a large piece of art or some sort of installation for my livingroom wall opposite the bay window.

I did watch a bit of Monty Python today though...that never ceases to make me chuckle.

[Brigitte Pugliese]

How about a happy movie and rearrange the furniture and paint the walls.