It's been said that artists are mostly introverted. Mostly true! (I'm sure there are others that are not, but I definately am introverted!) I like my time and space. I find that I need to be alone about 6-8 hours a day. That seems rough right now when I am "on duty" taking care of our three and half year old daughter. I am eternally grateful when she has preschool and playgroup during the week. The silence or background hum of the stereo allows my ideas to flow. This also allows me to get to work and let me slip away into my little "work world" that seems so far away right now.
I'm shy. I don't LOVE talking to people. In college I learned how, only because if I was going to run my own business, I needed to be the face of that business. So, I started going to networking meetings and speaking to a lot of people. It got easier as I went, but it will never be my favorite activity.
I am full of mood swings, I am very observant, I am a good listener, and maybe a bit obsessive compulsive. I am a perfectionist -- I can't leave a piece until it is exactly what I pictured, or close to it. I want people to have a clear understanding of what I had in mind. I want them to see what I saw when I got my inspiration. If my viewers don't have a clear picture, what's the use!
I am a bit scatter-brained! I make lists of lists I have to make. I write everything down if I don't want to forget it. I carry notebooks that I chicken-scratch ideas down for illustrations, drawings, paintings, blogposts. If something needs to get done, I have to write it down. Otherwise, no go! Something in my brain says, "it wasn't written down so I'm not doing it! So there!!"
Finally, I'm among those artists who can't dance! I don't know, I think I'm too self-conscious or something. I don't see the point whatsoever. Dancing --- why?? When I was younger, in Jr. High, they had school dances after school. I kid you not I made sure I had a piano lesson on everyday they had a dance. The only dancing you will catch me doing is when I get a book deal!
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