It's 2014: Ready or Not

Well 2014 is here and that leaves me with a complicated set of challenges ahead. Aside from some turmoil around aging parents (my Dad will be 94 this year!) I’m about to take on a major upgrade of my home PC. This will almost certainly impede my creativity for a period, though I can’t tell how long at this point. With luck I come out the other side with enhanced capabilities and can get back into accepting freelance work. My fingers are crossed and I’m holding my breath.  

I’m also starting to plan for my trip to Italy, later this year. I’ve never been outside North America so it’s going to be an exciting journey for me and my wife. I need to start cramming on learning Italian, if only to be able to ask where the bathroom is and to learn to say, “Sorry, I don’t speak Italian.” We’ll be visiting the northwestern part of the country and staying with good friends.

And then there’s the usual: concerns about the health of my business and body. The on-going struggle. So I’m a bit intimidated by 2014, but I’m just trying to tackle these challenges in an organized manner. Not my most exciting blog, huh?

Well… enough dull personal updates, how about we get back to some juicy art recommendations?! It’s been a while and some great stuff’s been making it way into DA galleries. Click the thumbnails for the embiggened experience!

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