Working to open the door.

The weekend is over and its back to looking for employment.  I have received lots of advice as to how to accomplish this.  Hopefully I can put it all to use and land a job.  I never thought it would be easy to enter the job market after a twelve year hiatus but I also thought my self employment and non-profit activities would be considered as worthy consideration of how I spent those years.  Oh well, sometime, somewhere, someone will hire me.  I only need part time right now.  The most often repeated advise is you need a job to get a job.

On the art side of life, I sold a small piece out of the gallery.  A woman bought "Klee Smile" for her grandson.  It reminded her of graffiti art which he admires.  There was only one student for the encaustic workshop on Saturday.  Still had to lug everything to the school and then back home but you never know what you will need. It was fun helping someone discover a medium.  She really liked the immediate gratification of producing art but was disconcerted by the odor.  I don't think she will be exploring the world of wax.

Sunday was spent watching tv with Maya in my lap.  That and cooking, cleaning and laundry.  Watched three episodes of "The Closer" that I hadn't seen.  Made sense of some story lines that follow these episodes.  I am not a fan of the accent but I love the reasoning process and the instinct to solve the crimes.  Also love a strong woman on tv who also can display weakness that doesn't destroy her credibility with the other characters or the audience.

The plan for today is to jump in the shower, get dressed as for work, leave the house, send resumes and do some more networking.  Hopefully I will be able to do some art this afternoon.  I need to finish some bottles and melt some wax. Really need to open all the doors that I come across to be the best I can be as a working artist.