A Good Use of Time

It is now official, life is a vaccumn! Just when you think that you have it all under control and you are a TIME MANAGER, rather than just a TIME TRAVELER, reality hits!

I'm a Girl Scout Leader, and have been for quite a few years. This is a GOOD use of time! Each year my girls hold a garage sale at my house to raise funds for activities and community service projects. This is also a GOOD use of time!

The mess pictured above is I'm fairly certain NOT an example good use of time or maybe just organizational skills!

This is my garage, obviously there is no car here, obviously this is an accident waiting to happen. This is all the donations that have come from our generous community for the garage sale.

Since my viewpoint in life is that "Life is Art"...what can I make of this?

If I look beyond the piles, and the mess I see 4 young teenagers who love being Girl Scouts spending time together.

I see them laughing and giggling and not being plagued by world woes.

I see silliness and loving.

I see hard work and no bickering or being cruel or cattie. I see a moment in time that will never be recaptured because life will soon be knocking on their doors in the form of boyfriends, college and big life decisions.

I see a VERY GOOD use of my time!

Art the Final Frontier

"Moon Sketch", copyright KKM,2010

I have been an artist for a very long time. From time to time I find myself being pulled into this pondering about what makes "good" art? There seems to be a "belief" out-there that in order for art to be "good" it must be lofty, complex and communicate on a level that is beyond...something?

Humm...not so much for me.

Quite the opposite in fact.

If I can "get out of my own way", that is, eliminate all the complexity and external and internal pressure to produce then my work happens easily and communicates freely.

Is it "good" art?

Doesn't matter really.

Does it communicate?

If so-I'm there.