01/01/2023
I like to be real and say things as they are, I’ve always struggled with the superficiality of the ‘new years Eve hype’ thankfully celebrations these days have changed immensely and are surrounded by family and friends without the countdown anxiety and pressure. Yesterday a special friend and personal mentor of mine shared this beautiful piece with me and it struck me to the core because it’s not ‘ ideal’ it’s real. Here is to a blessed new year my friends, now on we go ❤️
On another note I can’t not say thank you to all of you of who have supported and encouraged me in these last couple of weeks. It was a crazy but satisfying ride which gave me energy (mental as I’m physically exhausted from all the late nights of painting) 😅😝 to do more this year. Watch this space as I have a lot up my sleeve ☺️
“No, 2023 won’t be the best year yet.
Nor will it be the worst.
You see, a year is a mosaic of absolutely everything.
Joy, fear, heartache, loss, beauty, pain, love.
Failure, learning, friendship, misery, exhilaration.
Each day, each moment even, is a tiny shard of glass in this beautiful, confusing creation.
2023 will be another mosaic to add to your wall of art.
A wall that shows the life, you are continuously gifted.
A wall that shows you are human.
A wall of survival.
I wish you many broken pieces of glass this year, my friends.
Because this is living.
And before you march on in to another year of ‘everything’, pause to look back, at the work you have created thus far.
It is quite something.
You are quite something.
Now onwards we go, my friends.
Onwards we go.”
Donna Ashworth
‘Life’