The amazing friday the 21th

I haven't written on here for about three weeks now. The reason for this is that I have been busy, unfortunately not with artwork. I have been working full-time on a telephone job for three weeks. I thought telephone work would be one of the worst jobs to do.. To be honest, I don't dislike it at all. It feels very organised and I honestly feel helpful. And it helps pay my rent. In the new year luckily I'll have more time to go back to my studio, I look forward to it very much.

And now onto more interesting stuff. I wonder how all of you experienced the 21th of december? I had been looking forward to it for a long time now, I anticipated it would kind of be like a climax, something heavy. I desired to feel it. I planned to go to a ceremony and a party that evening.
I guess I wanted to shape that day way too much, it didn't go the way I imagined it, at all. Firstly, I got sick in the morning. Then as the day went on, I was so tired that I just wanted to sleep. I didn't go to the party. I didn't make time to meditate and feel the energy as I thought I would surely do. The day just went by and even if I didn't feel as 'normal', I didn't feel the things I hoped I would feel.
I did have some crazy colourful dreams and in the weekend I thought I could feel everything a lot more intensely. I imagine all days from now on to be 'the days after the 21th', but I'm not sure if that is really important. And we're already rapidly approaching 2013. Time is flying and like every year, that somehow makes me panic a bit. The time goes! I need to do so many more things! I have so much I still want to do!
So what was your friday the 21th like? Do you feel like the days feel different now? And did you dream of butterflies as well?

The Greenman Project

A week ago I wrote about the exciting new project I rolled into, the Greenman Project. I am happy to report it is going strong and we are very likely to have our plans ready to go the 21st of december.

This project is not 'just' an illustration job or a possible living place to me (though that sounds pretty big too). This is the thing I am supposed to do.
On the saturday I met the people of Greenman Project I didn't know where I was going. I went to the permaculture garden to help with the mulching (the post about that is over here). I met a guy there that said he was going to a meeting in Dalfsen.. "They are going to build living houses," he said. I asked if I could come along.
I had no clue how big this meeting was, where it would be exactly and what else I could expect.. Or even if I was welcome. I actually had planned to help out in the garden for the rest of the day, but I had a strong urge to go there, so I went.
Do you know that intuitive feeling? Well, if you get it, listen to it! Interesting things tend to happen...

I met some amazing, loving, wonderful people there. I haven't been a good team player in the past in school assignments and that sort of thing, but creating together, now in this situation, works incredibly well. It makes me crazy-happy.

Today's happy thing

I thought I'd just share something that makes me happy today.. :) It is an artwork about coöperation or rather co-creation..
You can make wonderful things on your own.. but even better and fantastical things when creating together.