ANOTHER BABY BREAK

"Wenn du Gott zum Lachen bringen willst, erzähl' ihm von deinen Plänen." (Quote from the film Amores Perres)

All my plans changed when I got pregnat again last year. (Well, THAT was a plan, too, but pretty incompatible to my plans for arting and writing...)
One painting for the wedding of two very good friends and a christmas card were practically the only two creative things I managed to do during my pregnancy. And since little Ragnar was born in May I could not even think about painting - let alone writing - so far. Hormones have taken over. But as stressful as it often is, I enjoy every minute with my family. Arting and writing will have to wait a bit, again.

BACK TO THE ROOTS

I have been quite busy in the evenings during the last month - busy thinking about and planning a fantasy novel I have been wanting to write down for quite a while. Since I have only about one or two hours in the late evenings, I decided that I have to concentrate on one thing for a change. So I'm going back to my roots, to the very thing that gave me the most thrilling inner energy I knew in my past: I'm back to writing.

This means there will be only few new drawings or paintings from me every now and then and definitely there won't be a new homepage. I will stick to this blog (and maybe a German version of it to replace my former homepage malerfeder.de) to post anything new.

DAILY STRUGGLE

As much as I would love to get back to more arting and writing on a regular basis, I somehow only manage every once a while. I guess I am too much of a mother hen ...

At least I started setting up my new website last month. It is still a work-in-progress, though, and I am not even sure about the content and how it will look like in the end. But it's a start.

ARTING AGAIN!

Finally some kind of daily rhythm has developed here and I can usually count on a "free" evening now. Thus I have actually managed to draw a bit more than just quick doodles or sketches. Hopefully this new rhythm is going to stabilize and I will be able to do more arting again!

BACK AMONG THE LIVING!

Elin is here!

She was born on May 1st and she is such a sunshine of a child!
















Myself I was pretty much knocked out these first months. It was a surprising Cesarean section and I had to struggle with lots of complications afterwards. Finally I am beginning to read my e-mails, draw and paint a little bit and spend a little time online again - in other words: I am slowly recovering and coming back to life!

STILL ROLLING ABOUT ...

I finally finished one of the drawings I promised:






I am still so incredibly slow. In addition, the baby objects my sitting at the desk by boxing and kicking inside me now, so even if I have some inspiration and energy to draw I will not sit to do it very long. Well, at least the inspiration part seems to be recovering a bit these days ...

SIX WEEKS LEFT ...

The countdown is running. I am really curious how life will be with a child around!

Anyway, from this week on I don't have to work anymore, so that part of my energy that's not sucked in by this little creature in my belly is available for drawing and painting again. Finally!

There are several DSA-illustrations scheduled for me. These two were the first to be done: