While at Seranya Studios Art Boutique this past week, I had the opportunity to meet a new artist, Kat Wynveen. By the way, if you haven't checked it out lately there are several new exciting artists that have joined this fabulous place. It would be worth your while to stop in and check it out. We would love to see you there.
Anyway, have you ever met someone that you had never met before and immediately feel like "I know that person?' In speaking with Kat, and getting her acclimated to the studio,we found that growing up we were alot alike, and had "run in the same circles" although always skirting on the outside of meeting each other. The world is such a small place when one can take the time and "really" talk to each other, not talk "at" each other. Is it just artists that do that? I think not.
Everyone can experience that same feeling if we just slow down enough, take the time and get to know another person. Our lives are so bombarded with the social networking, which has become almost a requirement in business, that we have oh so many friends on Facebook and that makes us feel important and accomplished, but are we really? How many of those Facebook friends could you call or text, if you needed a helping hand? Probably the answer to that question is--you could count them on one hand and wouldn't need all of the fingers.
The older I get in years, the more I realize that all of that is nice, but it doesn't bring a sense of peace and contentment to the soul.
How many new blogs have sprung up to tell us to slow down and enjoy life, and they make money selling their theories of how to accomplish that. Well, in a way I applaud their way of making a living, as they saw a need and they filled it. They are making a living, but are they making a life?
There probably are as many different answers to that question as there are grains of sand on the beach and we all need to find our own way. For me, I choose to slow down, try to get to "know" people. When it is all said and done, how do you want to live your life?
Share with us your thoughts and if you have the time--or maybe I should say, take the time and stop in the studio.
The atmosphere there encourages you to slow down,take a deep breath and enjoy. You don't have to buy a thing--just enjoy.
We hope to see you there. Seranya Studios Art Boutique, 307 E. Mill Street, Plymouth, WI. (www.seranyastudios.com)
Stay tuned.
Lynda, it was such fun to get to know you. Although we found that we had shared much of the same "background" in our lives, we would never have met if it hadn't been for Seranya. I am so glad that I stepped out of my comfort zone (dated term, isn't it?) and took some risks by becoming a part of an artists community.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right Kat, and we are glad too that you stepped out of your comfort zone and joined Seranya. Let the fun begin.
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