This is an acrylic painting (also adding charcoal to it) I did for myself a while back and I wanted to convey a sense of containment, of being silenced. Something mysterious, beautfiul and quieted lies behind some kind of barrier. I really enjoyed painting this. Now I’m going to enter it for Illustration Friday and see what happens.
15 weeks pregnant and I realized today that the reason my abs have been hurting recently is due to the fact that subconsciencely over the years have trained myself to suck in my belly. And now that my belly has breached the constraints of all the normal pants I own, I find my self sucking it in more. But to no avail. That belly is not getting any smaller. In fact, I feel a bit heavier every day now.
Since I believe (knock on wood) my morning sickness is gone for good, and I’ve gotten my appetite back, I’ve been working away at stretching my stomach back to it’s normal size. Like many women, I lost weight during the first trimester because every food/smell/sound made me want to ralph. Now, Baby is demanding more nutrients and less regurgitation. I’m thankful for that, because Baby, like you, I enjoy nutrients more than the latter.
So as I’m working on allowing my belly to relax and be what it is, (and will become!) I am gravitating towards certain foods, but mostly just food in general. Many pregnant women have their particular cravings during their time and so far, I am really enjoying grapefruit. Weird, yes, but I think about it alot. I was worried I would really crave french fries like my normal body does, and that I would gain a million pounds more than I should and have to wear sweats for the rest of my motherly days- AKA Forever. So though I am not repulsed by fries at the moment, I crave grapefruit.
I have gone and purchased a few pairs of maternity pants, so comfort lies at the bottom of my laundry basket- and when I do laundry- okay let’s be realistic, when Jason does laundry, I will be able to leave my regular pants and enjoy the comfort of the stretchy band around my waist once more. Until then, I have a hair tie fastening the button of my jeans and will continue to daydream about grapefruit.
Hmmm I think Baby is almost the size of a grapefruit, now that I think about it! And Jason and I are all about comparing the size of Baby Barnhart to fruit. And that’s just because nuts only get so big in size.
Lithography was my favorite type of printing to do. The whole process was really fun, drawing first then preparing the plate with chemicals and gum arabic and creative goodness…Those were the days I spent in clothes I knew would be covered in ink, the days where I kept my fingernails short as could be, or get them ripped off, the days my hands remained dry and stained with ink, the days I spent resting because at night I’d be in the print room rolling up the ink and then winding 10+ prints through the press- well many more, but 10 I could call worthy of the series. It was really fun for me, hopefully I can take another class someday on litho. The dry hands are worth it.
Well, I’m trying this for the 3rd time. First it was Xanga. Then it was Blogger. Now WordPress. It may be a charm or I may flop again. I was a consistent journaler since 1996. But, in 2006, I stopped journaling about everyday of my life and got a job, a husband, a house, 2 dogs and a shortage of time. So my 26 journals sit in a box that will be buried with me when I die, waiting for there to be a 27th to join them, heck, maybe up to a 30th someday. I used to go through a whole journal in 3 months tops. Now, I’ve had the same journal (which says “Autumn” on the front) since January 2006. Pathetic. And the sad part is there is much more to write about now that I’m married and grown up. Sort of. Maybe I’ll be inspired once again to document more personal things in my journal at home, and keep a light record here of what’s happening with art and work and Unreal Tournament and silly things my dogs do and funny things that my husband says and the outlandish things that happen to Mike Lawrentz and reviews of local eateries and updates on new discoveries in my family tree. I’m going to have fun with all this madness.
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