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Rainy season here in Bali and I have wrapped up a lot of loose string projects this past week.  I ended up piling on a Christmas card project too but now I am done and have finally thinned out my life enough to 100% focus on my next painting.  The Beehive Ginger (not the heliconia in pic here) is one that I've had in my mind for years so I am beginning FINALLY tomorrow on a beautiful Sunday morning.  I feel joyful with my effort paying off with my fitness level and am ready to indulge in another 5 month round of this "Living in Bali" life I've created.  

My online time spent marketing with the Insta and Shopify (MEJSPIRIT) since June 1st was educational and it did reinforce I'm very competent at making websites and connecting all the dots; various social media and sourcing marketing companies, however, the time, money and effort has come down to me still not painting after wanting to for over 2 months now and the obsession I developed with my own marketing was taking over.  With the world doing so much via online and social media, I need real hands-on work, tangible production.  I've cleared my head space by pausing the MEJSPIRIT Insta (I still have both my art and travel Insta's) & Shopify shop (lots of products still available freely through Fine Art America) to now have nothing BUT time to get real.  What was really bugging me was that most of the products are 100% polyester, so here I am, a conscious earth loving artist that loves to paint medicinal and enlightening flowers and fruits, spending my time and money trying to sell polyester products.  How does that represent me at all?  It doesn't.

I did find one bikini that uses eco-friendly material and I will be creating a page on this website or on a new platform to showcase these later but for now I'm anxious to put paint to paper and enjoy my holiday month of December feeling the richness that comes from tangible art.  May your holiday season bring lots of love, laughter and joy!