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The First of #mondayfreeart is a new song.

This song is what happens when you restart your “artwork” 14 times, consistently trying to make a polished and perfect product to try and explain how you are feeling while simultaneously expressing how talented you are. Eventually I gave up realising that I may not be that talented and this is definitely a polished product. This is a muffled headache brought on by self-medicating, staying up late and trying to prove to myself that I can still make something. This is the first #mondayfreeart I hope it doesn’t put you off coming back for more.

 

Mondays are for making.

Mondays are for making things.

I set up this blog a long time ago when I broke my foot and thought about all the great theatre stuff I’d be missing in the outside world. Two or three years on I’m back to physiotherapy with my foot but glad of the excuse not to have to go outside.

I often find myself past midnight on a Sunday / Monday passing time waiting for the sun to come up so I will now be spending this time making. Mondays are for making things and those things are free and thrown out for the Internet to find.

I have a twitter I don’t use @skeletonp so I thought I may as well use it. I spend far too much time self-editing until the point where I don’t put anything out so from now on anything I make on a Monday goes straight onto the internet for free. #mondayfreeart  If you use the # I will put it on my blog & all 2 subscribers will get to see it!

 

 

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Happy New Year! / (Is it always this sh|t?)

There are only so many times before you type the first sentence of a word document and delete it before you give up, get a beer and play video games. For the past three months I have probably planned more blogs, scripts and videos than my entire artistic career.

I’ve taken an unintended break from making music, videos and art.  (We can rebuild him.)

I had come to the realisation that if no one is reading the blogs then there is no point posting them up. I may as rotate them through my internal monologue. (We have the technology.)

There’s a self-deprecating cycle that as a freelance artist with a part time job, you can technically make more money by just going to work. (We can make him better than he was.)

If I quit my job I could make more art and make more money. (Better)

If I quit my art I could make more money. If I spend more time worrying about my time management then I will have less time to work. Sometimes it’s easier to spend the day writing out a to do list and then think, that’s all planned now, I can go get a beer.

If I quit complaining I could drink more beer. (Stronger)

Before I knew it I had not created anything in almost three months and when someone asked me how “All that acting stuff is going” the words, I Have Quit almost came out of my mouth. (Faster)

 

Actually my last blog post was in 2012. That can’t be right can it? So I thought it was time to put pen to paper, technically fingers to keys, and see what came out. Once again I found myself deleting the text faster than I was producing it. So I decided to sit and write. And make. And draw. And produce. And just lay it out on the internet for you to find.

I can’t quit my job. I’m a professional procrastinator.

It’s time to shit or get off the pot.