When I started writing, I thought I would be so committed and focused but then life happened and I got distracted. The distractions have been really nice though! I started working in my studio again, started drawing and painting again and started a new book. I started a lot of things. My hope is that I continue them and then subsequently finish them. I’m now in the throes of debating on my next studio purchase and think it’ll be a small torch that I can do some small soldering and annealing with. I just need something to heat up my silver so I can do what I do best – move metal. I am so looking forward to the days I can hammer metal into beautiful forms.
Another thing I started dabbling in is Instagram. I’m so not a social media maven, or lover, but I find it so entertaining because it’s just pictures of beautiful, or not so beautiful, things and people. I can see how people enjoy it, though I’ve also noticed that sometimes I fall into a dark Instagram hole and find myself envying these beautifully curated lives that contrast my quiet life. It makes me long for more, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I don’t like it when I start to compare my own life to that of someone’s Instagram feed. It’s so silly, I know, but it’s hard not to get sucked into that. I then remind myself of how curated it is and how I curate my own presence on social media. I focus my posts on my plants, beautiful days I see, jewelry and other things I’ve made. Sometimes I want to be like those active jewelry Instagrammers who post some interesting piece of jewelry each day, but it seems like too much work! Maybe I’m just lazy about social media, and I guess that’s okay for now. I know that once I figure out my point of view and what I’m going to focus my energy on, I’ll get better.
That’s all for now. Hopefully it was worth the time to read :).
Amita Lathigra 