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Thanks for the Memories

21/10/2019

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K.D.Lang’s version of “Hallelujah” is my absolute favourite and periodically I take to YouTube to look for her other performances.  Of course  I went down the rabbit hole and ended up listening to an old interview as well.  I’m glad I did because in it she said something very wise:  “If you just celebrate the fact that you get to be creative, it’s a totally different ballgame than if you look at it as a means to an end.”  Yeats said “Who can tell the dancer from the dance.”  I am a painter if and when I paint.  End stop.


I was assured that retirement meant that every night was Friday Night and every day was Saturday.  There’s a happy truth in that.  But I’ve been noticing that life has been getting busier and busier again.   I am still the kid who did her homework first.  Don’t get me wrong:  I actually like housekeeping and gardening and entertaining and outdoor activities and running errands.  But add in art shows and publishing a weekly blog which purports to be about art (even when it’s not) and I realize that gradually less and less actual painting occurs.  When it does happen, too often time’s winged chariot is chasing a deadline,  and many years ago I promised myself and my blood pressure to be smarter than that.  I know you understand.


While I may or may not occasionally post, I will most certainly maintain the gallery (zannekeele.com) and its link to the blog if you wish to reread anything.  I will also finish cataloguing the subjects within the archive.  With any luck, the gallery will contain more work in progress than there has been during this last year.   


So I will say a warm good-bye and and
​sincere thanks to all of you who have shared this journey.  While it occasionally felt like giving birth to an elephant, on the whole writing has been such a joy.  Be well.  z
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Andy
3/1/2022 05:19:54 pm

Now that the creative urge has returned to inspire you again, I'm left wondering if that might also mean a return to your blog as well. :)

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