Here we are in January again at the start of a very different year for me as I will be welcoming home my very own family. I feel so elated and so much of the heavy sadness I carried around with me is already falling away. Growing old can be a very lonely time for many people when their own flesh and blood move far away. Of course I have been able to fill my life with all these creative activities like my little brooches above, so I guess I have been one of the lucky ones. Fortunate to be able to dig deep inside the corridors of my mind to create and make something by turning my negative and angry feelings into something positive. Some days I am amazed that I am still here as we have lost so many younger talented people in 2016. So I do feel obliged to keep going and doing while I am still around.
I do get lazy sometimes and have to give myself a good talking to and a kick up the you know where to get some more painting done or some writing. This week I go back to The Auckland Art Gallery to do another mending session hosting for Lee Mingwei and then the following week I have a few lines in a short movie which I am looking forward to. Filming is a very interesting medium as it brings together so many different artistic skills. The script is well written so it will be a good learning curve. Bring on 2017 lets hope it is a good one.
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