⊹₊˚‧︵‿₊୨ Tchotchkes and Bouquets ୧₊‿︵‧˚₊⊹
Wow, y’all! I’m so grateful for the positive reaction that came from my Instagram post yesterday, which will be my last for quite some time. My Instagram page has been so under the radar lately that I wasn’t even sure people were seeing my posts BUT yesterday, I was sure the people that are meant to see it DID and I had a lot of encouraging messages as well as pledges from many friends to read The Kandamonium weekly. If that includes you: Thank you so freaking much!! You guys are seriously the best. If you need a reminder sent, please add your email in the box at the bottom of the website! I am also thinking of borrowing an idea from a friend and do a physical snail-mailer newsletter every once in while just for fun… because receiving any sort of mail that’s not bills is exciting as hell!
I have not started my newest Sharky painting just yet since the week following will be extremely busy (and difficult), so I have been “putzing” around in my art studio room. I love to putz and am usually doing 5 things at once while I’m in the lair. I’ve created a few smaller items AND made some dried flower bouquets to add to my ACWL spot. The current situation is Valentine’s themed still & needs to be changed to SPRING 𔓘! (Though the weather around here thinks otherwise…) I also have a colored pencil drawing that was started on vacation of the most perfect tchotchke chicken… dragon? It might be AI, I have no idea the source but I saw the image and NEEDED to draw it. I’d like to picture it holding warm chocolate chip cookies sitting on top of the refrigerator. As I began working on this piece on the airplane, a sweet, older woman sitting next to me WOULD NOT stop watching me. We had a small conversation, and she said she was so impressed by what I could do! ◡̈ It was really lovely but if you know me at all, you’d know how uncomfortable I will get in those situations. And my mom made it more so by pulling out the book cover I created last year and showing it to her. GOOD LORD. I was bright red. Thanks, mom! ˙𐃷˙♡ My artist PR is a work in progress…
We have family coming to stay (in our renovation mess) next weekend and though the circumstances are awful, we are looking forward to seeing everyone gathered together to support each other with love in grief. Life is uncertain. It’s bizarre the memories our brains involuntarily decide to hold on to. Moments that seemed like only passing time become vivid pieces left behind of a person that is no longer with us. Something that felt like nothing then is everything and all that is now. Hug your loved ones and make sure you let them know how much they mean to you! Enjoy your weekend, hooligans!
xxx - Kanda ☠︎︎
