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• Hang on , isn't this supposed to be an art studio blog?
  The last couple of weeks I've been doing NanNan duty - watching my amazing kids as they go about their parenting. I'm proud to say that they all  spend time with their offspring ,reading to them ,taking them for walks , helping them make  stuff. Not all kids are so lucky , with parents who are willing to invest in their family with time and love. I realise that these days time is at a premium (though I'm not sure that it's any worse than when we had a young family!) and that there are the usual financial strains of bringing up kids. But time spent with children is never wasted. It's easy to say that you're too busy, but even five minutes reading a book together pays off . This really is an investment in both their future and yours , bringing them up to value time spent with family , making them interested in the world around them , showing them new (and old )ideas. And it's an investment with a good return- they will grow up feeling loved and supported , which can only be an good thing.
  PS. the same theory goes for painting- you may not have enough time or money to give art the time you think you need, but even 5 minutes a day spent sketching, reading an art article or looking at other peoples work will keep you  inspired and learning. 
  So don't ever feel that putting 10 cents in the piggy bank isn't worth doing- it all adds up!
  
  

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"L​ife is 10% what can happen to you, and 90% how you react"- Annette Presley
When I read this in a magazine today it stopped me in my tracks. We actually have far more choices each day than we may realise. Each time we interact with another person we have options to react in different ways. And each of those reactions will have a different outcome. A sobering thought - our lives can go in different directions so easily!
This is why every artist sees the world in a unique way , I guess. We are all attracted to subjects for different reasons , and will react to the same subject in different ways.
Walking down a Wellington street some years ago I passed some Japanese anemones growing beside the footpath.I had passed them before, but they hadn't taken my attention. This day my eye was drawn to the way they were dancing in the sunlight, so I went home and got my camera. Once I stopped and checked them out I was fascinated by the way the light was striking them.Someone else may have noticed the shadows they made on the background fence. Or thought they were a weed and pulled them out. But I decided to take the time to observe them and this was the painting that came about.
Maybe tomorrow you could consider your reaction to something or someone , and try another option- who knows what might happen?