a corner of my studio captured by my friend stef, who having just peeked, i saw she has some wildly beautiful photos and poems happening on her blog right now.
xoxo
mati
Showing posts with label monday musings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monday musings. Show all posts
Monday, January 10, 2011
Monday, August 02, 2010
supporting one another
I've had an inspiring day so far! I met early with my Monday morning ladies biz group--a small group of artists and crafters who share resources and offer accountability and support.
Then I met up with the lovley Lacy and Leigh of Curly Girl who's visiting from Boston at Tartine. What a treat!
I love how when women artists get together there's so much sharing of knowledge and stories of what's worked for folks in their creative path. I'm always so interested in how people got to where they are. Where that creative burst of genius came from to inspire them to do what they do. What have been the struggles and successes and how they balance the ebbs and flows of being an artist and entrepreneur. We learn so much from one another!
Happy Monday :-)
Original for sale here
Monday, June 21, 2010
happy monday
hi sweet people,
thank you for your nice comments after my silly post. i don't wear a lot of makeup, but a little color is fun & so similar to painting. and thank goodness, the plumber came and i can take baths now.
i had a fun and packed weekend. i felt lucky on friday night to spend time with these wise women. saturday we helped my sister in law at her yard sale (she's moving to alaska!) and had burmese food with our dear friends kate & eric. kate's pregnant and about to pop! sunday was filled with brunch at the park and galavanting in the streets. they closed down a bunch of streets to cars in our neighborhood the mission so we biked and walked down around all day in the sun. i came home exhausted with a burnt nose and flip flop tan and fell asleep straight away after calling my dad. happy be-lated father's day out there!
for those of you who get my newsletter i apologize for the repeat, but there are some new things in my shoppe:
*first off, i have some new art!
*there are just a handful of these glass collaborative necklaces with jenifer from sprout studio!
* i'm offering SETS OF 3 prints pre-curated for your walls discounted $30 from the original price!
<3 <3 <3
mati rose
thank you for your nice comments after my silly post. i don't wear a lot of makeup, but a little color is fun & so similar to painting. and thank goodness, the plumber came and i can take baths now.
i had a fun and packed weekend. i felt lucky on friday night to spend time with these wise women. saturday we helped my sister in law at her yard sale (she's moving to alaska!) and had burmese food with our dear friends kate & eric. kate's pregnant and about to pop! sunday was filled with brunch at the park and galavanting in the streets. they closed down a bunch of streets to cars in our neighborhood the mission so we biked and walked down around all day in the sun. i came home exhausted with a burnt nose and flip flop tan and fell asleep straight away after calling my dad. happy be-lated father's day out there!
for those of you who get my newsletter i apologize for the repeat, but there are some new things in my shoppe:
*first off, i have some new art!
*there are just a handful of these glass collaborative necklaces with jenifer from sprout studio!
* i'm offering SETS OF 3 prints pre-curated for your walls discounted $30 from the original price!
<3 <3 <3
mati rose
Monday, January 18, 2010
making golden spanish sunshine
saturday our lovely teacher diana taught shashtin and jenifer and i mmm..marmalade makin' using a giant box of seville oranges from the farmer's market. below are photos taken by shash of the process & here are jen's polas and nicely jotted down recipe. this recipe (and 20 lbs of oranges!) are not for the weary... it took us 12 hours from market to mouth ;) granted we took some tea, sandwich and chocolate breaks! it was well worth it though--i've been enjoying it every morning since and it brings the golden sun during our rain. thank you ladies!
Monday, August 31, 2009
monday musings: mondo beyondo
(see bigger here~ the view from my hotel in cortona, italy)
mondo beyondo has been rocking my world!
i identify as a dreamer. i think in particular as a child i was always dreamy. a head in the clouds kind of girl. now i've seen how this ability to day dream has paid off in my creative pursuits. it's become part of my process as an artist to be able to let my mind wander while i'm washing the dishes, folding the laundry and especially while i'm painting and dreaming up new paintings. it also has probably been a good coping mechanism when times are hard.
to quote Eleanor Roosevelt~
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
i really believe in this. it takes dreamers to build a better future. to believe in magic combined with hard work and focused intention pays off. a little stubbornness in the conviction of your dreams helps too!
i've been looking back at some of my older dreams and how so many of them have come true. i really believe in the power of writing these dreams down and how that catapults you further. especially when you share them with others. my list from my 32nd year while in some cases humble (running sneakers) has mostly come true and then some. i could have never dreamed that by putting "go to italy" on my list that i would not only go there~ but go for over a month, to teach painting!!! and for our honeymoon! it was quite literally a dream come true on so many levels.
looking back to when i first started this blog i wrote a list after my 29th birthday. i love how i also included dreams that i had already accomplished and acknowledged myself for those. that really is key. to celebrate in the process! relish the dream making and then enjoy them as they pan out. rather than just moving on to the next check box!
i have to include that in dream making it is not always about the glorious dreams either, but about the broken bits as well and figuring out ways to heal those and move forward. this is almost more dream like for me to imagine say~ conquering my recent fear of flying over winning the lottery. did i really say that? yes. i think the more i move into getting to know myself better these dreams of healing wounds, anxieties and ego are really the biggest leaps. basically to quote someone in my course who commented after reading my dream list that i'm dreaming~ to be happy, healthy and whole.
that said, i do still have some fancy feeling dreams to share (i've omitted a few too) during my 33rd (the magic number year!):
* publish a children's book with an excellent publisher
* publish a creative book that will unfold naturally as i write
* get a passionate, helpful agent
* be an awesome mentor and inspire my interns to make their own way creatively
* expand to textile design and be wildly successful
* live fully and integrated
* relish my time creating and living expansively
* drive in SF confidently, safely and with pleasure
* buy a home in SF in sunny spot with a claw foot bath tub, hardwood floors, a long table for friends, exposed beams and magic spaces and secret gardens filled with art and love
* buy a home in Maine near my family
* be bi-coastal
* make a healthy baby and feel completely excited, at ease and confident and radiant in being pregnant and as a parent
* have a solo show with big lush colorful paintings
* conquer recent fear of flying
* try acupuncture
* continue running and do another empowering race
* feel beautiful on a daily basis
* eat delicious healthy food
* go to the ocean weekly
* continue to grow strong and deeply in love with my husband hugh
* allow space for hugh to follow his creative dreams
* throw more dinner parties that feel full, alive and lovely
* be a bigger part of my nieces and nephews lives
* have a romantic visit to paris with hugh
* surround myself with people whom i love and are emotionally supportive
* embrace my full life
we all have this capacity to dream. dream big wild dreams, but the harder part is believing that we deserve these dreams and then figuring out how to access them. i'm in my 2nd week of my mondo beyondo dreaming course and i feel held and supported by a community of almost 200 other dreamers. it's quite dreamy, actually. if you feel at all inspired to take andrea and jen's next course i highly encourage you to sign up!
mondo beyondo has been rocking my world!
i identify as a dreamer. i think in particular as a child i was always dreamy. a head in the clouds kind of girl. now i've seen how this ability to day dream has paid off in my creative pursuits. it's become part of my process as an artist to be able to let my mind wander while i'm washing the dishes, folding the laundry and especially while i'm painting and dreaming up new paintings. it also has probably been a good coping mechanism when times are hard.
to quote Eleanor Roosevelt~
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
i really believe in this. it takes dreamers to build a better future. to believe in magic combined with hard work and focused intention pays off. a little stubbornness in the conviction of your dreams helps too!
i've been looking back at some of my older dreams and how so many of them have come true. i really believe in the power of writing these dreams down and how that catapults you further. especially when you share them with others. my list from my 32nd year while in some cases humble (running sneakers) has mostly come true and then some. i could have never dreamed that by putting "go to italy" on my list that i would not only go there~ but go for over a month, to teach painting!!! and for our honeymoon! it was quite literally a dream come true on so many levels.
looking back to when i first started this blog i wrote a list after my 29th birthday. i love how i also included dreams that i had already accomplished and acknowledged myself for those. that really is key. to celebrate in the process! relish the dream making and then enjoy them as they pan out. rather than just moving on to the next check box!
i have to include that in dream making it is not always about the glorious dreams either, but about the broken bits as well and figuring out ways to heal those and move forward. this is almost more dream like for me to imagine say~ conquering my recent fear of flying over winning the lottery. did i really say that? yes. i think the more i move into getting to know myself better these dreams of healing wounds, anxieties and ego are really the biggest leaps. basically to quote someone in my course who commented after reading my dream list that i'm dreaming~ to be happy, healthy and whole.
that said, i do still have some fancy feeling dreams to share (i've omitted a few too) during my 33rd (the magic number year!):
* publish a children's book with an excellent publisher
* publish a creative book that will unfold naturally as i write
* get a passionate, helpful agent
* be an awesome mentor and inspire my interns to make their own way creatively
* expand to textile design and be wildly successful
* live fully and integrated
* relish my time creating and living expansively
* drive in SF confidently, safely and with pleasure
* buy a home in SF in sunny spot with a claw foot bath tub, hardwood floors, a long table for friends, exposed beams and magic spaces and secret gardens filled with art and love
* buy a home in Maine near my family
* be bi-coastal
* make a healthy baby and feel completely excited, at ease and confident and radiant in being pregnant and as a parent
* have a solo show with big lush colorful paintings
* conquer recent fear of flying
* try acupuncture
* continue running and do another empowering race
* feel beautiful on a daily basis
* eat delicious healthy food
* go to the ocean weekly
* continue to grow strong and deeply in love with my husband hugh
* allow space for hugh to follow his creative dreams
* throw more dinner parties that feel full, alive and lovely
* be a bigger part of my nieces and nephews lives
* have a romantic visit to paris with hugh
* surround myself with people whom i love and are emotionally supportive
* embrace my full life
we all have this capacity to dream. dream big wild dreams, but the harder part is believing that we deserve these dreams and then figuring out how to access them. i'm in my 2nd week of my mondo beyondo dreaming course and i feel held and supported by a community of almost 200 other dreamers. it's quite dreamy, actually. if you feel at all inspired to take andrea and jen's next course i highly encourage you to sign up!
happy dreaming,
mati rose
Monday, August 24, 2009
monday musings
farmer's market flowers taken with my i-phone
i've been feeling the urge to add structure to my life in all ways. i'm creating a new exercise and work schedule and encompassed in my work as an artist is this here blog too.
i think it's fall coming. the beginning of school. the call for something new! do you feel it too?
i'm learning that as much as i resist structure sometimes it allows me freedom. the not needing to make decisions about the dailyness. i love working for myself because every day can be different and i don't feel tied down to a routine, but sometimes it leaves me feeling a little weightless.
so with that in mind, i've been thinking about the evolution of my blog and how at first it was a place for me to chronicle my thoughts about going back to art school and it was incredibly personal and un-edited feeling and then in the last year or so i've pulled back a bit and experimented with feeling more "professional" and now i'm looking to integrate the two. my art is my life and vice versa. while i don't want to include every aspect of my life here... and the general focus is still on my art and process, i'm inevitably affected by my life's ins and outs with my art making and i may share that influence more fully. do you follow?
so my "structure" that i'm going to experiment with this blog is:
monday-musings
tuesday-news
wednesday-artist spotlight
thursday-style inspiration
friday-gratefulness
i also want to add that my blog is a place for me to keep track of my thoughts and connect with others and be part of an art community, so i love to read your comments and get to know who's out there, but it's okay if you're quiet too. also, like a journal/diary i write here freely and with out much editing so typos happen! it's important to me that this feels like a place where i can write loosely and as part of my artistic process vs. more work. therefore the above schedule is a little experiment that i may choose to abandon if it doesn't work for me too ;)
fun to re-imagine my blog here...feels like adding some colorful paint or pillows to a room!
saludos,
mati
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