Nearly 6 months ago, I started writing a blog about some changes happening in my life. I was retiring from teaching after 16 years and my 92 yr. old mother-in-law was about to move in with us. I had never written a blog. While I envisioned the blog as being a way for me to process the changes, the subject matter was almost completely about my mother-in-law. To my surprise, the writing was well received and many friends and colleagues followed it. Now that my mother-in-law is in foster care, I don't post in it as often. See www.nakedmetamorphosis.blogspot.com
But I've discovered I want to keep writing about my experiences. Not for others to read necessarily, but for me. So here it is. The first post of Naked Chronicle. Stay tuned.
About Me
- Julie Blackman
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- For me, making art is many things, but mostly it is an emotional journey. Each painting I make evolves from its original inspiration – a particular place that I found so exquisite or inspiring that I felt compelled to interpret its reality in my own way. In “Naked Chronicle” I share this intimate journey so that you may take away some understanding of what happens during this process we call making art. It can be a dark struggle and is often not pretty, but the rewards are many. “Naked Chronicle” sprang from an earlier blog of mine called “Naked Metamorphosis” which was a raw unedited journal of my transition from teaching full-time, to caregiver for my mother-in-law with dementia, who had moved in with us at the time I retired. A few months later she was moved to foster and my blog dried up for lack of material. Writing the blog had been both therapeutic and enjoyable. So was born “Naked Chronicle” – a bare story of making art in all its exposed magnificence. Whether you are a fellow artist, scientist, dog groomer or postal worker, you can travel with me on this expedition into the creative process.
