I don’t like any of the definitions of retirement… And these days there seem to be many. Being in my mid-sixties it feels like I can use the word, but the definition is my own…….my retirement will be defined by –  not being constrained to earning an income in a formal setting – no rent to pay, limited overheads, no defined hours, no one else’s expectations to conform, no need to be politically correct or to follow the dictates of the industry. Not to be constrained by the bureaucracy, tax and time-consuming practices of owning and managing a small  (micro)  business – I look forward to learning, creating and hopefully selling my own artwork from a new studio that I have always longed for.

I want to learn, work, and play with a balance between the physical, the mental, the thoughtful and the impulsive, full days and contemplating days, trusted ways, and new discoveries. Doing what I feel compelled to do on my terms:)

I started this journey today, by picking up one of my many unfinished art pieces – I am incredibly happy with what I achieved today.

It is a panoramic landscape, representative of what is soon to be my unique environment, a monochromatic barren, but spectacular place! A dirt road running through it – which represents leaving one life and traveling to a new one. The light bright on mountain peaks, that I am most pleased with, could be a sun setting or rising, representative of ‘from and to’ or ‘to and from’ :) New direction. New place. New Life