Hi Marsha, the way you describe getting rid of your journals and sketchbooks after your husband died sounds like you were ceremoniously stepping forward with resolution to a new life and throwing them out was a way of making sure that there was no going back on your decision. I think that is partly how I felt when I threw my stuff away.
I am glad to hear that you didn't throw away your paintings though! Giving them to Goodwill sounds like a good idea but not one I'd be capable of having myself. The only honourable option open for me is to try to sell them - on E bay if necessary. I think giving them to Goodwill is to undervalue them. Regards and thanks for your reply. -Peter On 21/09/2007, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 11:21 AM 9/21/2007, you wrote: > >Hi Marsha, > > > >do you know why you destroyed your journals and sketchbooks; of course > >that's a rhetorical question and only for you to answer for yourself. > > > >I have destroyed journals too in the past mainly because they contained > >private/embarrassing stuff and I got fed up of holding on to them. I > don't > >currently keep a journal now, probably because I know I'd write stuff in > it > >that I'd later want to throw away. Now I wont write anything that is > >throwawayable. > > > >The subject of your email was 'Painting'; if I recall you don't usually > sell > >your work, so you must have many 'works'. I'm in the same boat and have > many > >items from many years ago that hold I on to, I gaze at them and wonder > about > >improvements but I practically never go back and alter. I'm destined to > lug > >all those canvases around for the rest of my life; a labour of love? Will > my > >son have to throw them away for me after I die? > > > >regards > > > >-Peter > > Hi Peter, > > I'm not sure, but I wanted to know what it would be like not to have > them. These were my art journals, sketchbooks with poetry. My > personal journals I burned a year after my husband died, on the date > of our anniversary. A couple of months after that anniversary date I > woke up and took all my clothes (everything) to the Salvation > Army. I had become quite unglued. Not sure why I destroyed the > stuff more recently, curious maybe. It was a tea party, an emptying. > > I do identify with the stacks of paintings situation. A couple of > years ago (maybe less, maybe more) I took a bunch to the Goodwill > Store. But I have again many, too many. I've giving some away. I'd > love to give more away, but to whom? I'm not sure who would want > one. I told my son that when I die to take them to the > Goodwill. Maybe some will find a good home. > > Very much a labor of love. > > Thanks for writing. > > Marsha > > > > > > >On 16/09/2007, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > A few months ago, I destroyed 15 years of journal/sketchbooks. This > > > morning I started a new book. Thank you. > > > > > > Marsha > > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
