Next week is set up week for twentyONE+. This week is limbo week.<\/p>\n
Now is the time to keep myself distracted and so clearing my space, clearing my head and making small changes has a very good feeling about it. The letting go at the moment is of things I don’t see myself needing in the near future. The broad array of what is exiting will be presented in a Studio Sale on July 16. With this forced focus, and the bloke away, I can work all hours and I certainly do.<\/em><\/p>\n I am no longer much of a telly watcher – there are other much more interesting things to do BUT I admit to loving my late night catch up of Masterchef. It is a guilty pleasure that helps me wind down before my night time read….and yes that is a very flimsy justification…. As I had taught private\/hobby classes whilst I was studying I knew that I wanted to teach those who were keen to learn without a set curriculum. So I watched the first episode of Revolution school out of curiosity but found it compelling, honest and beautifully raw. Commendable. I realised yet again how I love to teach. How I need to teach….how I cannot not teach??? Amongst the cleaning and clearing and planning and philosophizing there was a tiny bit of urgent stitching required.<\/p>\n New mum nipples needed a special warming cover\/insert and though they could be purchased they were not cheap. Yep, I saw it as a chore intitially but that chore eventually had satisfaction attached.<\/p>\n I made a paper pattern, then went around for a fitting.
\nI am getting ready for the next portion of my life and to let things in<\/em> there always needs to be a letting go<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nI now have strong intent and a deadline.<\/p>\n
\nOn Friday night, done in, I trawled iView on my iPad for a ‘time waster with value’ and ended up watching two episodes of Revolution School.<\/a>
\nI trained as a high school art teacher but did not like being in high schools<\/em> – I love the teaching but not the peripheral tasks and the atmosphere.<\/p>\n
\nThe reason I bring it up here is that watching it reminded me of how I love teaching, how important it is to pass on ‘the learning’, how intrinsic it is to who I am.
\nAs we approach the finishing line of twentyONE+ I need to think about the next section of my life….the what do I want to be when I grow up<\/em> question.
\nThis TV show has helped to solidify my answer.<\/p>\n
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\nThere are other priorities;
\nI must support my growing family and have a flexible life to be able to fit all these babies in and keep growing the bonds between us all.
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\nI need to keep building a new art practice that has depth, breadth, solidity and a future.
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\nI need to keep learning and passing it on….
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\nI am going to reintroduce a little bit<\/em> of studio teaching into my life. I am a born teacher and can’t deny it:). I would not say no to a little bit of income either!<\/p>\n![\"nipple](\"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/week-23-3.jpg\")
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\nI made a prototype from Doctor Flannel scraps, lined with flannelette, then went around for another fitting.\u00a0I made one tentatively, then another, then six more hurriedly – with fingers crossed that they would work. They looked and felt wonderful. These little sculptural disks were a little revelation. I see quilts and sculptures and….then I slapped myself – stop with the fresh ideas!!!!!
\n<\/em>Oh well. They are surprisingly beautiful and they work!
\nSmile-worthy – both the items and my familiar reactions.<\/p>\n
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