Hi Peter, I only destroyed my 'personal journal' after my husband died. My art journals and sketch books, I destroyed last February. I think you might be right that it was ceremony, and probably in both instances. I like creating ritual and ceremony. They may be conscious or unconscious. It's making an idea a more substantial event.
About the paintings, they are shadows of the experience, so I have relatively no problem parting with them. Of course there are some I am attached to more than others. Those I do take to the Goodwill, I take with the hope that they find a good home (wherever that might be). With me it is all about the experience of painting. I would prefer not to link $ with my painting. Most of my life was directed towards making $. Much of that was for very good reasons. But the winds changed and I find myself moving in another direction. Some of this direction is dependent on intuition rather than thinking, so it is difficult to find the words. But who knows, the winds may change again. Marsha At 04:14 AM 9/24/2007, you wrote: >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/ 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/
