it's Friday again

It's Friday again somehow the shifts and shapes of decisions that have been made this week have got settled into another week of work. What has your week consisted off?? how many TV programmes have you watched? how many new thoughts have you had, how many decisions have you made this week? I've had an interesting week. Frustrating ,exciting,tiring,relaxing all in one but what I am very concious of is there seems to be alot of shifts going on. The economy is changing the world is changing systems are expanding and other are subsiding and all in all life is going on and on around us. In that chaos of life the question is are you any closer to contentment? are you seeking it? do you know what it is? in all the aspects of the week what are you pursuing ? is it monetary gain? is it health and happinesss ? is it pleasure seeking? stress relief? what exactly is it that is going on in your head! what's the goal? another drink? another smile what exactly is it. Me I wish to be content and in my contentment I wish to inspire others to look for contentment as well. Because life is a journey...........................and with all the ebbs and flows at the end we leave with nothing just as we started. So what's the rush.??

Something that came back into my head again this week with the opening of the degree shows was that no matter what anyone says about an art school education what it gives you is a rare opportunity to start of a journey of self realisation. Realising who you are your self- who are you??? what's inside that body of yours, what's going on in the inner reaches of your persona? I've recently come across a number of older people who were pulled away from pursuing a career in Art from their parents because they did'nt think it fitted with what they wanted their children to do. I am delighted to say that I was always allowed to choose for myself and always encouraged to ask myself what is it that I wanted to do. The people who I have come across have gone into other more "normal" professions but now are trying to renter the creative fields pursuing their creative selves. While this is not an easy route it's good thinking for anyone trying to move their children away from Art. If you have to do it you have to do it .....just let them get on with it. It will frustrate them and break their hearts at some stage but they will have an interesting journey in life and will always know that if they decide to give it up on a pratice basis they still bring all that lovely creativity into what ever else they decide to do.Its how you think that matters.
Anyway gotta go now have a good weekend. Life is for living after all. Might cycle down to Lisburn to have another look at the exhibition. It's well crazy....................................important to get people to think differently after all is that not what art is about?