Elusive Ink

Currently Listening
Orange Sky
Alexi Murdoch



Alright, so you may have noticed the update to the blog look. It's only temporary - I know the flowers in the header are not my typical style but I thought I'd just share a bit of the beauty that is Washington D.C. in the Spring while all of my exciting life changes are unfolding. Just a few more days and the wait will be over. Less than a week and I can finally spill my guts and begin to write out the plethora of posts I've been dreaming about for months. (or years?)

As my life begins to take a turn for the spectacular, I've recaptured my love for painting. Nothing is more enveloping than holding a paintbrush in my hands (or, as Nathan likes to point out, in my teeth), with a blank canvas of opportunity on the floor in front of me.

The agency I had been tutoring through recently shut down, so I've decided to take this opportunity to reevaluate where my career path is going, and what I can continue to pursue while working from home. I know a lot of people will now point, jeer, and generally proclaim a triumphant "I told you so!" Enjoy.

I've decided to teach art lessons. Once I got to the root of my artistic insecurities, I realized why I'd avoided it for all this time: I don't like to put people in boxes. I felt constrained in art lessons when I was young, and I didn't like producing something only to be told it was wrong. This all falls vaguely in line with my eventual goal of opening an inn for the arts. My hope is to provide an alternative artistic method for young people, to solidify their foundation in the basics, and the rules, and then begin to give them the freedom and guidance to know how to break the rules and how to speak intelligently on why they do. Needless to say, I'm excited...and scared!



I was headed in the right direction...painting...photography...kids cooking classes...tutoring adults...and I let my insecurities get the best of me. Because it is a huge responsibility, anytime you're guiding another human being it's a monumental task. But one that, relying on Faith (and some wonderfully supportive friends and family) I feel confident will have an ultimately good outcome for myself and my family.

-Lindsey