Running in Circles…
I’ve been avoiding it all week… telling everyone that I’m “stuck”… but, I knew what needed to happen, I was just avoiding the inevitable.
Yesterday, I chose to stop running from the reality that one of my characters is leaving. The thing is, I always planned on that, but I didn’t think it’d happen this early… and now I’m forced to imagine what might happen without her.
This may sound crazy, but it’s usually at this point when I end the story… In “Another Place In Time,” they decide to give each other a chance… Will they get married, who knows? I leave that for another story… In “A Distant Reflection,” mom and daughter leave their old apartment and sad memories behind. Do they make it, who knows, but they are giving it a shot… In “Chrysalis,” he dies, and she’s left to go it alone. Does she make the splash in the art world she’s been hoping for? Does she stay in that house? Don’t have a clue…
This is wonderful, but it’s crazy… It means I’m growing as an artist, but it means I don’t have the foggiest notion of how to get to the next level… Flying by the seat of my pants, I’m going on a wing and a prayer.
–Sue
Add comment July 24th, 2008
