New year’s eve comes with traditions. Like the fireworks and me forgetting it is the new year’s eve and that couple of seconds of “wtf is that noise out there..” when the kids start the bombardment early. That and i guess contemplating on past year is a good one too.
It's not even from today...
For me 2018 was meant to be the year of balance, but a lot of the time I ended up feeling even more off the rails than the previous year. Perhaps it was more like the last skips of a stone that was cast over the lake, just being more frequent with the impacts. Anyway, it was a mighty throw and it ended up inspired many works of art, including my best solo exhibition so far. I am looking to give a better dissection of the show sometime soon i hope, as it was part of the conditions I set for myself for it to be completely successful.
Queen of Mirrors and Wizard of the Abyss from my exhibition Kylmä Peili
Actually a surprising amount of art was made last year, though not so much at the studio. Instead i did some good things with paint. I couldn't quite finish this one this year.. unless i attack it now. probably not.
We also had a great exhibition with my art group Hydra and good bunch of other artists at the Voipaala art center.
https://steemit.com/art/@mikkolyytinen/guest-room
One more highlight of last year involved a tattoo, a couple of them actually. It’s another sweet story turned sour that I will have to address on a later post. No, I didn't get another one...
A lot of energy went just into grinding at the office with the artist association business - I definitely need to be more effective with all stuff.
office doodle
Beside that there are number of areas I need to work on next year; beginning with maybe the not so common resolution of trying to be more considerate with my generosity in al things. But to keep with the traditions, I’m intending to drop some weight and manage my money better overall. With that I should be able to put out more art and be more active in general, posting more and so on. Also I intend to drink more whisky.
It's a new thing
So here's to 2018, the year of balance.. few lines from the Gray Jedi Code:
There is no peace without a passion to create
There is no passion without peace to guide
So, what shall you be year 2019?
I am afraid to call it anything, so let's call it the year of courage. How it stings..
Happy New Year!