Gosh… I have been a bit negligent with the blog and my newsletter. Truthfully I have had a difficult time finishing my work lately. I have at least 6 unfinished pieces “in the works”. Sometimes this can be frustrating. Sometimes it makes me want to quit. 

I have been in what some may call a rut.

One of Merriam Webster’s definitions of “rut” is “A usual or fixed practice - especially a monotonous routine”.  Yes. True. These past couple weeks I couldn’t make a decision. I was trying too hard to make something work that was never going to.

Does that ever happen to you? The more effort you put in, the more frustrated you become. Trying to make something it is not. Sometimes we need to let go. Stop. Start over. 

I painted over two paintings. I flipped one upside down. I put others aside until a later day.

Starting over, it turns out, is a good thing. A blank canvas becomes a new beginning .

One of my favorite quotes by Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzo is “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”  One’s struggle becomes one’s success.

Don’t be afraid to let go. It doesn’t mean you are giving up. It means you are opening up.