Night Owl vs Morning Person

Night Owl
 by Sarah McTernen University Place, Washington

I am a night owl.  I am a morning person.  You can have your afternoon though.  My brain ceases to function between about 2 and 4 pm.  It just sits at a continual "duh" and I feel like I cannot accomplish any task.  By the time it kicks into gear, it is 5pm and I have to make dinner.  I don't get to sit down again until after 8pm. 

I know there will be a day, when my artistic pursuits will be allowed to take the driver's seat.  I know that I have to be patient.  To trust myself and the universe and keep pulling myself along. 

Thanks for reading,
Sarah McTernen

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Patina

Patina - by Sarah McTernen Pahoa, Hawaii

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Thanks for reading,
Sarah McTernen

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Make Room, Make Room

Hard Drive

I'm in a cleaning phase right now.  Cleaning out old clothes, old dishes, old books, and old ideas.  Scrapping projects that didn't work an make space for new ideas. 

In the middle of this I picked up the KonMari method book from the library, but for the most part it is what I do yearly anyway.  I am not the untidy person.  Teaching my kids to be tidy is a-whole-nother story. 

There are two reasons I cannot embrace this tidying method with vigor.  One, is that I am an amateur librarian and cannot part with books that at some point, may be useful, and two is that I create art from found objects, so you never know when that big bin of cork is going to come in handy, or that broken whisk, or all those motherboards that I scrapped out of laptops a couple years ago.  It is really hard to part with things that are potential art supplies. 

But I live in a small house, with 4+ other people, and I am drowning a bit in potential art and not making nearly enough actual art.

But speaking of actual art, if you are in the Tacoma area on Saturday, I will have my booth set up in conjunction with my neighborhood yard sale. 

Find more information on Facebook An Ardent Life Market.

Thanks for reading,
Sarah McTernen

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It Is Why You Create That Matters

Opening my eyes to a new way to look at my creative vision.

There is a quote, saying, what have you, that says

     "People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." 

These last couple of years, I have not had a cohesive vision for why I create my art.  There is this random need to turn small pieces into something new and different, but the fleeting inspiration is unfulfilling.  With munchkins underfoot who are also randomly creative beings, my creativity lacks discipline and study.  This is not going to change for the time being.  My munchkins are still young, and though they require less hands on attention than they did when they were toddlers, they are still drawing from my reserves. 

What I can do is accept the patterns of my art.  I can accept that my world is themed around nature.  I can accept the branches, flowers, seed pods, and rocks that are the keystone to my creative ability. 

Keep an eye out for more posts in the coming weeks, more shows in the coming months, more jewelry and other such creative fruits this year.

Thank you for reading,
Sarah McTernen

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