Hi Everyone

This update isn't the ideal content I wish to share, but I would like to be open with you all. This past month of November has been quite a battle with me mentally and even physically. A battle to which I've been losing, no matter how hard I fight back. It's one of those times when simple actions get harder, mistakes in areas that shouldn't normally yield, and it's worse when you feel creatively hollow. Soon, the painting feels like it's fighting you, resisting you with every stroke, and you start to doubt yourself throughout the whole process, and even further into your goals you've set for yourself. Normally, these kinds of obstacles can be tackled through discipline. Showing up for your art and working through a rough patch, knowing that, in many instances, I can create my own inspiration; that I can attract it when it finds me working. But to my avail, I feel I need to take a new strategy, one that requires no action, the action of non-action. To be transparent, allow myself to flow with it and pass through me.

I put down the brush since last Friday afternoon, and I'll continue to clear myself for the next few days. Doing some more reading, maybe take a few photographs and draw something ugly. No objectives, no perceived outcomes, and no pressure. I hope you all can understand, and I tell you with the utmost respect for all you Patreons & Pro Palette members that support me in any way, shape or form. You are all valued and an essential lifeforce in making my life vocation possible. Thank you so much & see you soon.

Find & Cherish the joy in your paintings,

Bb