Intoxicartification

Art...deliciously devious and intoxicating art... 

New word alert!

in·tox·i·cart·if·i·ca·tion

n.

1. Stupefaction or excitement by the act of studying a glorious work of art.

2. Exhilaration, excitement, or euphoria brought on by overload of optical ingestion of the creative.

3. Poisoning by a painting, drawing, sculpture, etc. that infects the senses and causes intense cravings for art.

Kailee invented, mother approved.

More often than not, I get so unbelievably hung up on the IDEA for a potential art project that its all I can think of. I struggle with it mentally, physically and emotionally until I decide to do something about it. I often work out an entire painting in my head from start to finish before I sit down to sketch it... occasionally I'll lose steam and it never comes to fruition, IF however that does NOT happen, I like to plan every detail, every color, and every step I'm going to do them in... well that last step usually gets ignored but I'm working on it... sort of.

While I have been a slacking peon of the blog-o-sphere world and my beloved art projects, I like to think I have a pretty good excuse... Its birthday month! July takes up a lot of mental energy and time between having mine and my brothers birthdays in a 15 day time span (we're all 5 days apart) and having mine smack dab in the middle (the 14th!) makes the first half of the month fly by with anticipation of my special day and it makes the second half fly by with celebration. Before I know it, its August and I can't name a single thing I've accomplished in July, besides crossing off yet another alcoholic liquid I'll never drink again... *cough* Black Velvet *cough*... [bows head in shame] don't ask.

July just makes it hard to focus on my work... it's just too darn hot to have any creative ambition. Plus, with my yard constantly calling out for a makeover, the laundry shouting "wash me!" and the desperate squeals from my dirty dishes for some hot soapy suds... it makes it really hard to focus. Not to mention, my cat is really annoying.

BUT, since the month is winding down and my unannounced break is almost over, I have a few new things in store for August! 

1. An active effort to do more blog posts!... oh and umm art... 

2. An uber special weekly post! SO awesome, it'll rock yo' socks 3 ways to Sunday!

3. More cowbell!

See, there's ALWAYS something to look forward to... 

Cheerio!