Greetings all/Marsha I know I haven't posted anything in a long time. I travel a lot and it's hard for me to follow the threads consistently and to sustain a long dialog. So, rather than think of me as the weirdo lurker - perhaps I'm just the girl at the party that wanders around from room to room in the background but never really says much of anything. I do enjoy subscribing ti this group though and reading all of your posts as I have time.
I especially tune into Marsha's posts about painting since I'm also an artist. I've been sort of traumatized by this news that you destroyed your journals. Traumatized and impressed. I have occasionally gone through and destroyed some things that I just find hideous, but never entire journals. I understand the idea of the ritual and moving on though. I'm sure I may have asked you about this before, so I'm sorry I don't remember. Do you have any children? Would that make any difference - i.e. were there things in your journal you wouldn't want them to see? Or would you want them to be able to read your journals later? I don't have any children and so it's an even more compelling reason to do what you just did...I find with every new piece, I'm just adding more and more 'stuff' to the world - but I find it so difficult to wrap my mind around the 'art' of being able to destroy something you've created. Ultimately, I think it's a beautiful thing to be able to do this and feel cleansed by it. As for giving your work away. I would be honored to have one of your works, Marsha. If you really are considering giving them away OR even if you do change your mind about selling your work for $$ - perhaps you would consider sending me one? I'll pay for the shipping. I've read about you and your paintings in these posts for several years now and I feel like I have gotten to know at least one side of you (the side that posts to the group) in a personal way and even though I don't contribute hardly at all, I would still be thrilled if you would consider this - OR I could always find your local Goodwill and pick one up there? Margaret > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MarshaV > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MD] Painting > > > > 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. 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