A couple days ago I accidentally sent out a personal email to my husband who happens to be my webmaster, and for the sake of this article I will call him my master. It wasn’t awful, well…okay it was awful, perfect word.
As the responses to the mistaken email streamed into my inbox from clients, friends, relatives and a couple stray people I would love to adopt…I wanted to crawl under my desk…oh the shame.
For some odd reason I felt like I needed to give myself a courtesy flush. Too late! Everyone was so nice it makes perfect sense to share some of the responses, so here goes:
“I noticed it was probably a mistake since it was addressed to Bill. No problem!”
“Hi Chris, nice to hear from you although this seems not to concern me personally, LOL.
Have a great week, greetings from Paris!”
“I am an Italian photographer, I went to your web site and I think your work is wonderful.”
“Not sure why this sent to me. I don’t have this client.”
Dear Chris, “Well, hello there how ya doin’?”
“Am I going to read about you in the newspaper tomorrow after he beats you??? Thanks! I really feel the Spirit moving around my choice to pursue life coaching!”
“Hi! Thanks for this e-mail. I’ve been wanting to look at some of your artwork and ponder buying something. Thank you! I especially LOVE “Sweet Barb’s Flower. My name is Barb too!”
I woke up at 2:45 a.m. and couldn’t sleep because my mind was painting and I had to get up and do something about it.
Here is an example of my process, this is a highly experimental smaller piece, 8×8″, much like my highly experimental larger pieces.
Start:
Then the image appeared in the center, a woman holding a child. Sure, I see a row of people heading in the direction of 2:00, and now I also see a man with a hat in the center in the Alizarin at the top center. The woman with child was the image I was drawn into so that is what I painted. When the process flows like this the hope is always renewed for my future paintings.
Finish:
Photo Credit: RBerteig
Pray for peace,
Chris
