It’s easy for me to talk about rest in a romatic way: the nap, the pause, the listening. Sipping a cup of tea in a clean house, the screens put to sleep. Soft pillow & heavy blanket, breathing. A giving-in that floats on the surface of a lifetime that extends, forever, in all directions.
But anyone who has rested knows it’s rarely that.
Back in July I took a couple of weeks off from both my day job and the from the shop here and I told myself I would never go back to scraping down every last minute. I wanted to start with considering how I wanted to live out the energy I had, rather than teetering around under the globe of things that would be good to do. I wrote myself a note: it’s okay if it just doesn’t get done.
To my surprise, I haven’t looked back. The things I haven’t gotten done since July could wrap around the earth thrice, or something like that. Not taking myself so seriously has been the best time management strategy I’ve ever tried.
AND
It’s the last day of October and I haven’t been posting or writing much about important things that are now COMING RIGHT UP. So, here it is, all collected in an efficient little digest for you (and a chart below for my visual people!):
TODAY: Oct 31
Last day for Patreon prints. The New Art print is Joy, Still and I made My World into a sticker for the first time and it’s really cute. Join us ASAP if you’d like these!
TODAY
New CHECK IN! is up on Instagram. It’s for halloween. :) Enjoy!
Tues Nov 8: ELECTION DAY and STICKER DAY.
If you are a voter in Oregon: this governor race is a big deal and with to a third party splitting the progressive vote, a conservative candidate has been polling ahead now for weeks (!!!) Please vote (ballots are mailed out already!)
STICKER DAY - yes, in 8 days I will be showering you with new stickers. If you’ve been around you may know: I release stickers in the summer and around the holidays (that now) and they go fast. If you’d like some, save the date! They will drop at 8AM Pacific at britchida.com.
Tues Nov 15
the new original series, At Home, Even in this World will be dropping — 17ish (🤞🏼) gorgeous new paintings, ready for you. Danielle is making frames, I am making marks, and our walls are steadily being dressed in completed new pieces. I can’t wait to share them with you. They will also release at 8am Pacific.
?? hopefully later this week ??
One thing that has not gotten done is the new website, but it’s now top of my list. When it launches it will come with a whole round up of new prints. If the internet gods shine down on me, it will happen this Thursday. I’ll keep you posted.
this also means ((insert face palm)) that the discount codes that I thought would be for one week are actually still active. When we release the new site we are dropping about 1/3 of the prints that are currently up. So, now’s (still) a good time to collect anything you’ve had your eye on. GOODCHANGE20 for 20% off prints, GOODCHANGE10 for 10% off originals.
Here’s the so-much-exciting-stuff-so-soon calendar I made this morning:
Before I go, here’s a photo that I somehow got from the perspective of a canvas. I’m painting and miko is helping me from the carrier. She is very peaceful and attentive and will watch the brush marks carefully for a long time.
Hope you have a sweet halloween!
love
Brit