Life update:
I’ve been back in my hometown for a few months now, and I think I’ve resigned myself to living a quiet and humble life here. It sounds defeatist, I know, especially with my dreams and aspirations of leaving this place and living somewhere exciting. But I’ve fallen back in love with home after a decade long love/hate relationship. I don’t know what it is, but this place is unique and I’m always so drawn to it, even when I’m so far away.
And don’t get me wrong, it’s not perfect. But it’s grown on me recently and I’ve decided to stay and see where this path takes me.
On the upside, living here is cheap so I’m going to start house hunting soon and get a home-base happening as I slowly start knitting my life back together. And as I’m doing that I’ll be focusing on reviving my art business (which means putting my head down and actually making art).
I’ve been looking into some national exhibitions and would love to start producing artworks to exhibit and enter into some shows around Australia, if anything to just get my name and art out there for the world to see. It’s a much better alternative to having them sit under my bed collecting dust.
So, new life goals. Settle down in my hometown, establish myself in the local art community and work on getting my art business up and running, make art, exhibit art in regional/national galleries and exhibitions and take it one step at a time.