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In 2012...

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We are now in the year 2012... it's been a while, but we got here... and, now, we're here...

As I think about the past few years, I can't help but think about how fast our everyday passes.

In sixth grade, about 15 years ago, we were to write a letter to ourselves in class. We were to write a letter to our 20 years later self. So, I calculated that I'd be 32 years old by then and after finishing my letter, I closed it in an envelope and labeled it "DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2016!!!"

I still have that letter and every time I take it out, I put it back again. Well, now, there's only 4 years until 2016... 4 years until 2 decades have passed... 4 years until 20 years have passed...

It's way too fast... all of it... it's just way too fast.

I have spent a few weeks giving myself a break from almost everything but I'm here now, in 2012, and I will be posting as often as possible so stick around and remember to slow down a bit and notice your world as it passes.

Check out the video at the top and see how fast it can all pass and how beautiful it can be.

Happy New YEAR!!!

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Happy in the New Year!

Red Cup by Patricia Alexandria

As Christmas passes and we get ready for the new year, we all start to think about our new year's resolutions and how we can have a fresh start and do something different next year.

A little more than a year ago, I decided that I was going to write a blog post everyday for 365 days. I was committing myself to it because I wanted to grow from that experience even though I knew it was going to take away, at the least, 365 hours out of that year.

Then, today, I went over to Denny's to get some lunch... As I waited for my food, I glanced up at the television set. It was an interview of a man who had committed himself to running a marathon everyday for a whole year. Besides making my commitment seem quite small compared to his, it made me think about how much more I can dedicate myself to...

So... as we think about what we'd like to dedicate ourselves to next year, try to think about something you love... anything you love... because doing anything you love will make you happy and that's what we all want to be... happy in the New Year!

And as I say that, I'd like to wish every single one of my readers a Happy New Year to come!!

Happy Holidays!!!

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The day before every opening, I have a list full of "things to do" and my brain does not seem to go to sleep when I do... Although, with every opening, I get better at finishing my tasks faster and am even more organized than the one before, but I still feel overwhelmed and tired by the end of the day. Sometimes, I even feel like giving up and going home... But, today, I met a woman who gave me the power to let all of my overwhelming feelings of stress go and, somehow, move me along for the day. Coincidently, we began chatting in the line at the Dollar King and as I told her I was running the gallery up the street, she began talking about how she had put our postcard of the show up on her refrigerator and that she was going to join us tomorrow night. She told me that she loved the portrait of the woman and that she was so excited to come by and buy a piece of art. That was enough to put a smile on my face and get going on checking off my list of "things to do" for the day. Thank you to whoever plans to show up tomorrow night! Your presence is what helps me move forward and put these things together. Now, I can check off "new post on blog"!!!

Happy Holidays!!!

Modest Fly Art's Holiday Small Works Show DECEMBER 16th 7-10PM!

Modest Fly Art Gallery is having a group show of over 20 artists! It will be a fun-filled event with more than 50 pieces of artwork, smaller than 12", to choose from. You can choose to admire it for a second, hate it, stare at it, or take it home with you, but no matter what you'd like to do at the event, the room will be filled with so much talent and love for art that it might make you feel like you've been hearing too much Christmas music. There will be snacks and wine, which always make people happy... So, stop by and check it out if you have nothing else to do on a Friday night. Thanks and hope you'll join us!