Oh my

What a day yesterday. The tension was so thick in the air I couldn’t breathe. I felt like attacking someone, anyone. Eveyone else’s anxiety including my own, along with several carcinogenic personalities in the room mixed a cocktail named disaster. Yuck. Days like those make me want to curl up in a ball and hide, or crawl into the sewer and start an underground colony, live with the rats. Why not? Most rats seem nicer to live with than certain people anyways, because they don’t talk back. It’s just a road to survival, finding the basic necessities. Food, shelter and mating are all they worry about. If only life were that simple. Getting through the day without getting maimed or killed is difficult in any kind of life,  especially in the rat race we call humanity.

I was referred to the Keri Smith web site by my classmate.  It is a delightful website and blog with whimsical, insightful thoughts, drawings and exercises for artists and writers to get inspired and rev up their creative juices.  It really helped me this morning to have the courage to finish my projects and carry on back to that scary classroom, rather than going home straight after work and climbing in bed, starting another love affair with my pillow.  I’m so thankful I have these people in my life, the non-toxic ones, who are full of inspiration, positive thoughts and creativity, and make me laugh my ass off so I forget my worries (mostly because my stomach muscles hurt so much from laughing so hard). They are the kindred spirits who lift me out of the depths of depression, and help me see the right light at the right time.

This poster (taken from Keri’s blog) was a good one for yesterday, or for any shitty day that you want to forget. 

Or click here for a venting survival artist guide when frustrated or feeling dejected.

Even if you don’t consider yourself an artist (I believe everyone is), it’s good for when you’re feeling crappy about yourself , or if someone pisses you off and you need to get shit off your chest. It will release the negative energy and give you that boost of inspiration to carry on with whatever it is you’re doing: cleaning the house, making supper, writing a story, painting on canvas, creating a budget, writing software, organizing a convention.

Hang in there peeps. It always gets better. It has to.