space...

today: a little painting, a little crochet, a few more things tossed in the goodwill bag. i'm trying, TRYING, to make myself be pretty cut throat about the whole cleaning/weeding/sorting streak i'm on. i'm picking up every single thing i own and asking myself, "if the house caught on fire, would i grab this?" well... the answer is no, of course, to most of what anybody owns... but i'm in a place where my style and aesthetic approach to living is in extreme transition. i feel this overwhelming (and good) urge to sort of begin again in a lot of ways. maybe it's the long-awaiting, highly anticipated, hungered for arrival of spring? maybe it's the economy craziness, who knows? but i know i'm not the only one wanting a more "back to basics" lifestyle. the majority of people i know are going through pretty much the same thing- deciding what "value" truly is. and it's an individual thing. i am pleased to have so much more space for painting and making and books and art. SO pleased! later tonight i'll stretch a new, great big canvas and hopefully get some paint laid down on it tomorrow morning. i started another new painting today so i'm in a pretty good place. excited and eager and inspired. nice.