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Patience is a 4-Letter Word

6/6/2019

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Dear Lion
We have this argument in our house constantly.

"Patience is a virtue," he says. "Don't use that p-word in front of me," I reply.  Anytime anyone on t.v. says something about patience, he looks at me and raises an eyebrow.  If I see that eyebrow, I find an appropriate stream of sailor language to use in response.

It isn't that I don't see the value in patience.  Not at all.  It's just that I am not a patient person.  I am a GET IT DONE kind of girl. Of course, the universe must think I need more of the p-word, too, because the last year has been one big  screaming lecture on patience.

The p-word has slopped over the edge of the bucket and into my studio, where painting now happens in increments of less than one hour at a time, and paintings of a certain size (i.e. larger than a cereal box) require an ice pack or two afterwards.  

Which is why you get these little scribbles today, instead of a painting.

"Dear Lion"  and "Nincompoops" are from the Ten Minute Monster exercises Fiona and I do each week.  And these oddballs have made the cut and are joining a rather large, peculiar painting. 
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Nincompoops
​And I would be working on said painting right now instead of writing this, except I already used up my hour for the afternoon.  Sigh (and a bit of foot stomping).  I am pretty sure there is a raised eyebrow going on in the other room. 
7 Comments
Carl Stoveland
6/6/2019 07:09:34 pm

Mmm. The P word. Not my favorite either. On the other hand the pieces you posted are adorable even if they need to stomp around the studio giving Pongo a fright until you can paint them.

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jen
6/7/2019 11:07:18 am

Carl, you are a "get it done' guy for sure! And a whirlwind of creativity and energy...I am tickled by the idea of these guys stomping around now! ha ha!

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Dotty Seiter link
6/6/2019 07:32:18 pm

Nincompoops and I want to know what each and every word is in your stream of sailor language!!!

Each. And. Every. One.

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jen
6/7/2019 11:07:53 am

Dotty! We will save the sailor talk for a salty day by the sea...let's make that happen!!!

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Dotty Seiter link
6/7/2019 03:37:08 pm

#@%&, yes, let's do it!

Carol Edan link
6/7/2019 10:50:45 am

Oh how I LOVE LOVE LOVE your little sketches. They are simply fantastic, As you know I have been doodling of late! Nothing like a little sketch to get the bed bugs out of brain. I am also curious about those WORDS!

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jen
6/7/2019 11:09:20 am

Carol! These "Ten Minute Monsters" are so freeing! And I absolutely love seeing your imaginative doodles on Instagram each day. Sketching is something I CAN DO even when my spine says "rest".

Those words are best left untyped. But oooooooh they are goodies! ha!

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