Just like for all new parents, the birth of my first child on the 24th of July 2019 changed many things in my life. One of those changes has been the way I organize my time, and not at all the way I think about my career as an artist. I find now how it is to make a priority list of a priority list, and to have days when I succeed doing nothing from the list. The tricky part is that I must train myself to be okay with having days without time for art at all, and not become frustrated for this reason. It is essential to keep on doing it and let myself be inspired by all the new things that come to my life every day.
I will undergo this self-imposed artist residency in order to fully experience and explore the fragmented focus, nap-length studio time, limited movement and resources and general upheaval that parenthood brings and allow it to shape the direction of my work, rather than try to work “despite” it. Overall, no matter how small the progress is, it still can be called progress which means that the most important is the consistency.
Imagine myself shouting out loud how much I enjoy being a mother! Due to this self-imposed residency, you can also see it, for 92 days, on this blog page.
