another year another year older ~

meant to write some amazing transfigurative birthday post yesterday, but just wasn't in the mood. the hermit is calling me out to the desert, i think.

i am just on the cusp of following him.

Gaping Void says:

I was just doing it to amuse myself in the evenings, to give me something to do....

...If I wanted to draw on the back of a business card instead of a "proper" medium, I could. If I wanted to use a four letter word, I could. If I wanted to ditch the standard figurative format and draw psychotic abstractions instead, I could. There was no flashy media or publishing executive to keep happy. And even better, there was no artist-lifestyle archetype to conform to.

...

Question how much freedom your path affords you. Be utterly ruthless about it.

be ruthless about doing what amuses you ~ i like that ~ ha!

: )