Where I Begin What I Hope Is a Nice Collection of Steven Emery Originals

About a year ago, I began reading Steve Emery's blog of art, music and life and became an instant fan of his paintings. Now, for those of you still not aware of Steve and his equally brilliant wife Moomin Light, all I can say is that you are missing some very cool, very interesting blogs. When I read either of them, I am instantly whisked away to somewhere magical.

So when earlier this spring, Steve did a giveaway of some of his original paintings in the form of CD covers, I was incredibly honored to be chosen to receive first dibs on a painting. And this is what I chose.




I love the colors and haunting quality of this painting. In person, it is even more striking, so if any of you are so inclined, come on over and see it. You think I'm kidding? Think again.

Thank you, Steve, for giving me this gift of beauty. I will treasure it always.

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On a side note, I'm launching a new career, going in to business for myself as a.........well, you'll have to wait a couple more days for that detail, but as I've been going through the training materials to prepare myself, I've noticed that one recommendation to help you build your success is to have a Dream Board where you post photos representing what you want from your hard work. I puzzled over this at first because what I really want - freedom to have time to write - seemed intangible, something hard to visualize (there's that word again). I know what I want, but most of what I want isn't in the physical or material realm, it's more abstract.

But.

Tonight, as I was preparing this post, I realized that there is one very tangible thing I know I want. Ever since I first laid eyes on a particular painting Steve showed us on his blog (in progress, I might add), I knew I wanted it. And so there is one thing I can point to and say "That will be my reward." When I have made my first profit, I will pay myself, do the business investment that's needed and then take the proceeds and build them until I can purchase Glee 1 (if it hasn't already been sold, in which case I will find another Steve Emery painting that I must have and okay, I admit it, I have some ideas already).

So maybe I can't visualize freedom from my 9 to 5 because it's just too painful to picture myself dancing around singing "Take This Job and Shove It," but I can certainly visualize exactly how I would feel by giving myself the gift of Glee.