Of course, I am on to something else but I am going to miss that guy. I put so much into him and he made me very happy. I just heard that he is living with a woman who loves him. Pamela Gulton, the sparkly, effervescent yet totally deep, owner of Outsider's Gallery, www.outsiders-art.com, told me yesterday that she sold the banjo to a wonderful woman "who loves him" and that makes me very happy.
I've always made stuff. It is how I have survived since ummm... birth. I've snuck making art into everything I have every done. My life's work was helping people heal from trauma and move on to a better life. From personal experience I know that we people heal through creation. So, in my work we made art! We created freedom from anything we could get our hands on.
And when my three tornado, intensity kids were little ... The minute I got them all into bed I would grab a beer, grab my brush and start painting more pictures on the walls. (How could I be upset with them when I found that they had drawn insects on the furniture?)
But now, with my kids having amazingly (and beautifully) grown, with an empty house and with the end of the demands of a strict 8 to 5 job I realize that can focus on my secret world: on making art that appears to make other people as happy as it has always made me. http://www.sandee-washington.com
It is exciting to have this opportunity but like any real change it is scary too. I am glad I have you to share this with. Thank you for reading my post and let's see what happens next. I would so appreciate feedback from you!
Oh ... I believe that I am going to have an opportunity to teach art classes soon... and trust me they will all be about the artful magic of escape ... My favorite reason for making art. Making art makes any day beautiful.
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