Wednesday, May 24, 2006

(Disregard the date, please! I’ve “bumped” this, to keep it at the top.)

My mother always said,
“It all started with growing up in military housing.
Nancy always HATED white walls.”

MAN, SHE WAS RIGHT!  BOY, DO I HATE WHITE WALLS!

I love color!
I love making my home unique and special,
even though it can sometimes take more time than I anticipate.

I’ve aways “fooled around” with paint and textiles and collage,
and thought that ONE DAY, I’d do something with it.

I was brought up without a lot of money and was very security-concious.
I had a “good job” in a large corporation for many years,
and fauxed and played on my walls, friends’ walls...you name it,
whenever I had the time.

And still I thought about ONE DAY.

Well, ONE DAY I lost my job. And there you go!
And here’s the business I started: http://www.bellospazio.com

Funny how the Universe works, isn’t it??! 

‘Cause frankly, I probably NEVER would have had the balls to quit!
Give up that MONEY?? NO WAY.

But, events --and ME--conspired to get me outta there!
You can read more about that on my other blog, if ya want:
http://www.wonderfullyimperfect.com/

Self-employment has been interesting.
Starting over has been interesting.
And interacting with other artists has been interesting, too.

(Which leads me to WHY I’M HERE.....)

I’ve gotten a lot of support from some great folks,
but I’ve also had people be snotty to me,
and seen really nice people “shot down”
when all they were doing was trying to get information
or trying to post or join an existing art or faux community.

This really TICKED ME OFF.

‘Cause in my mind, EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST.
EVERYONE LIKES TO CREATE IN SOME FASHION.
AND I BELIEVE EVERYONE CAN, WITH A LITTLE HELP AND SUPPORT.

And regardless of how “artsy” you feel you are....
most people I know LOVE TO CREATE A PERSONAL SPACE,
one that “sings” to them and speaks of love and relaxation and comfort.

My plans for the site are to “SHARE MY SONGS”,
share my progress on some personal projects,
as well as tips and inspirations from work I’ve done for clients....

In short, I’ll be helping you to make your walls SING!
Along the way, I’d love your feedback and comments…
and I promise: No shotguns here!

Thanks for being here!!

All the best,
NVB

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