I have been commissioned to calligraphy a wedding album. I have been doing this for several days now.. and hardly feel like I have gotten a dent into it yet.
The album is 100 pages.. and each page has 2 sections that can be filled.. so that means 200 spaces to fill. I have to fill it with love citations.. and then embellish (in paint) with vines, hearts, flowers, leaves, anything romantic. A few pages of this is fine, but after a while.. I just get so tired of it. It no longer feels creative, it just feels like a chore. Perhaps if I were a monk in medieval times and created each and every letter with all my love and adoration I would feel differently but this is absolutely not the case.
She is ecstatic though.. and is going to get a handmade music stand made.. and place the album on it. This will be placed in her living room. Sounds a little crazy to me, but to each his own and it's not going to be in my house, so what do I care?
Anyways, my fingers are cramped and I'm tired of doing it.
Somebody come and take me away!!!
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Just a tiny corner where I can be as quiet or loud as I feel like.
2 comments:
Wow, does that ever sound tedious! Bet it will be beautiful when you're done, though, and you'll smile and tell her each little figure was a joy. ;)
Actually, it is kind of pretty.. it is just when you've been doing the same thing for several hours.. you just want to throw the darn thing out of the window. :P
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