Night Shift

On my northern front ... there is the tinkle of piano as my son is teaching himself composing. So I am back online.

I slept in til he woke me in the early afternoon and we went for our driving lesson ... so 2 lessons today ... I think it is worth it that I am well rested as I can then deal with what comes up. What do you do of an evening? Do you have a studio or desk for your artwork .. @Faith-and-Hope

@Former-Member He is studying a double degree in mechanical engineering and computer science which kind of leads to building and programming robots but he has the door open for programming or engineering so it's good. He would love to design something to help the environment which I think is great 😊.

My boys are all really different and have chosen really different fields. 2 academic and two trade oriented.

What is your daughter interested in?

@Appleblossom Not sure if you noticed but I added a fair bit to the post I sent you before. Just giving you heads up if you didn't see it😊

Goodnight @Former-Member. 😴

Ha ! Spoke too soon ... D1 went in to stir up her brother .... no longer quiet over here .... 😂 .... all in good fun tho ....

@Former-Member - my S1 has a double degree in electronic engineering and computer science .... might have had this convo with you before .... so his field is mechatronics .... turning mechanical function over to electronic controls ....

@Appleblossom - that's a complex one .... I have a studio corner in a storage area .... which was supposed to be a studio but it got invaded by storage .... so "not really" is probably the best answer ....

I have ended up painting in oils in a outdoor area cos it requires a lot of ventilation. Acrylics are better cos they dry much faster, so they smell for a much shorter period of time, and are not so over-powering from the outset. Drawing gear, pastels, etc can be used virtually anywhere, so they are everywhere .... 😊 .... as my baby dragons are all artistic too ....

Without a well defined and easily accessible studio (storage "studio" is up a ladder and thru a manhole) it is difficult to consolidate and organise our communal materials ....

Here's an FYI of interest .... my WH was stunned when my recent artwork was not accepted into the exhibition I submitted it for ... but it has had some sort of profound affect on his state of mind. There's like this new empathy reaction from him .... which has drawn his attention out of the self absorbed focus on his regimen, and softened him somehow ....

I have been waiting for it to wear off over the last ten days or so, but it hasn't .... his attention has focused onto my artwork and where I might or should be going with it .... still a bit stunned and unsure about this. He's still away, and I'm not sure when he will be back, because he pushes the date back again and again until there is something major happening to be back for, but still ....

Just watching this space at the moment. I hope it's a glimmer of break-through, but don't want to get my hopes up too high.

Goodnight @Former-Member

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@Faith-and-Hope I didn't know your son had the same degree. Is he working in that field now?

It is really lovely to hear of your husbands new found admiration for you💜💜💜 i too hope it translates into something more positive for the long term. I still don't get (absolutely not in my psyche) how calm you are with not knowing when he is going to be home etc. I would never have coped especially with your tribe. I respect you for this. Boy do I respect you for this. 😊💜

maybe its a realisation that there is a YOU that he still likes and admires behind all the family carrying ons.

I have sympathy for but not great skill in the visual arts ... had a lot of stuff lying around when kids were little ... did clay .. femo .. etc ... my step daughter decided on having a competition with me and she won ... and that was fine ... it was the point ... I really am not that competitive even with her ... she turned out quite artistic ... but not that happy about how she has channelled it in her adulthood ... never mind ... those lessons where I showed her stuff at the barre ... eg really my son's nappy change table stood her in good stead and helped her earn a packet ... I am just not into running poker nights ... never mind thats life I guess.

my ex and an uncle and aunt are artists and I have a few originals on the wall ... and bought at few paintings to support struggling artists etc.

I wish your marriage the best of luck. It is always better if it works out. I stayed with mine for 16 years and it was never really good .. but at least I can live with my effort even though others dont understand ... some say I should never have left and others think I was stupid for staying so long ... it was my conscience I have to square with ... I hope one day my daughter understands too.