Thursday, January 12, 2012

thoughts on a clean, blank slate (a.k.a.: are you leaving any white space?)


{ all images by mark sherwood except the final one. } 

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happy new year, nicies!
we're well into the swing of things with 2012 and i'm wondering how you're feeling.
doing. 
thinking. 
re-resolving now that some good time & space has passed since january 1?

i LOVE a new year.
i LOVE the fresh, blank canvas full of possibility and change.

i started off well! i reprioritized. i rethought. i made good changes. i put my best foot forward. i made space.

but all-too-quickly i had filled up all the good & precious (and oh-so-needed)  *white space* in my days yet again.

just like that it was back to the same old same old: a too-full canvas.

so i just decided to start over again.
so happy new NEW year!
i LOVE having a new year start whenever i need it to. be sure to give yourself permission (not that you need it!) do the same. anytime. anyday, nicies!

along this path... loving this brilliant installation: the obliteration room by the famed artist Yayoi Kusama, on exhibit right now at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia. 

don't you love how it starts as a pure clean slate, and invites each of us to fill it with our thoughts on colour, pattern, space, form & perception (in the form of dot stickers!)  well happy new year to that!

so good. 
so very very good.

how's your blank slate going?
are you leaving enough white space? 
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6 comments:

  1. Welcome back, K!
    So NO I haven't left any space either. I'd like to start again for real. Good idea to restart as needed!!!!! (That rooms amazing!)

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  2. so good to see you all again, cuties! cheers to that.

    thanks jenn. & i KNOW you can do it, sweetie.

    fabulous, right, paislea?

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  3. Happy New Year!
    I love the beginning of the year and the idea of a clean slate as well. I think if you start the year off slow and don't try to change to many things at once, you will achieve more success throughout the year.
    I wish you much success in 2012!
    Valerie
    Everyday Inspired

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  4. you're back! can't wait to see what you have in store for us "nicies" - hehe. xo

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  5. so true, additionsstyle! happy new year to you, too!

    and thanks sweetie, saige! wishing you all things good this year, too!

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thanks so much for your comments, nicies!
it's a joy to read what everyone writes here.
thank you!