Willo O'Brien

MMM…. Pizzaaaaaa
By the way, my lunch is on its way – from Goat Hill Pizza! I can’t wait!!!!! It’s the BEST pizza in the city. Well, that is unless we’re over on Polk St, then we’ll do Victor’s cuz they make an amazing pie as well… or if we want a fun night out with friends, we’ll go to Gaspare’s. As a matter of fact, we haven’t been there in years. Gawd am I hungry right now!

CUZ, IT’S THE LAW MISSY.
I’m going to this workshop tonite. I’ve seen these workshops offered around here for awhile now, and am looking forward to finally checking one out. As I get more requests for my illustration/character design work, I need to get all the law mumbo jumbo figured out!

Funny how every individual has to find their own way in life, isn’t it? Like every Mother who has a child, has to figure it all out all over again – she has to read the books and figure out how to breastfeed and care for the unique little one. A career is a lot like that. Every artist is individual and unique… therefore their individual marketing, law matters, and the proverbial “next step” is all unique to them. This is where a mentor would be good. Or a rep? hmm…. ya, those two things would be awesome to have. I’ll work on that.

I went & saw Adaptation Saturday night. It’s a GREAT movie… I really loved it. His thought process is hilarious – and soo true. It was a great movie about realizing that you have the power to make anything out of your life… make it happier, more confident, more passionate. Granted it takes work… but knowing that gives hope to keep moving on.

Three things I’ve improved on in the last year:
– understanding my own feelings (and not getting mad at myself for them)
– developing a better sense of humor when it comes to strong emotions (a.k.a the ability to laugh at myself when I’m getting all bent out of shape or defensive about something) Gosh, maybe this is just part of the first one. heh
– not comparing myself to everyone else. You are *you* and I am *me* and we all are great in our own beautiful ways!

Still working on:
– allowing myself to be vulnerable. (a.k.a. not having to be perfect all the time – for example, getting over the fear of posting this here. Can you believe it’s actually scary somehow? Like I’m afraid to let you all know that I’m not chipper & happy all the time!?)

Well I feel better. And you’re probably glad to know that I’m not a ROBOT! :p

What have you improved in yourself this year? Or what are you working on/hoping to improve in the future?

I went to the park yesterday after Colleen’s bday breakfast… I wanted to take a few random stranger photos (sometimes photos are more interesting if you don’t know the people in them). I also took photos of some dogs and trees…

this is a street near my house. Every time I walk by I can’t get the David Bowie song out of my head.