A good, though exhausting, day yesterday. Started the day by preparing a length of wood for the 'Asleep' frame. This involved sanding, staining red, then repeated coats of black such that some red still shone through; then masking and spraying gold. Today I've updated my framing software, Frameculator, to v1.05 to accommodate some slight changes to the way I cut the frame.
At 2pm, it was time for John's album launch, apparently the last ever community event at The Saw Mill:
It was brilliant. The evening was exhausting, preparing for today's performance in Congleton Library. I wish I had the time and means to do more live events. A few more hours in each day would be useful.
I had a clearly spam/fraud message about my art. Whenever I post a painting online, I get 1 or 2 messages offering to buy it, all of these are fraudsters, 100%, perhaps 1000 or 2000 over the last decade or so. The social media companies do nothing, to such an extent that I'm considered remiss if I fail to reply.
So much still to do. I must cut the frame, and work on The Dusty Mirror remaster, Much of October and November were intense with production work on the Fall in Green album, and Dusty. This month (which includes Christmas, more social occasions, and end of year filing) will mostly be admin, trying to catch up and consolidate. Finding time to do anything seems to be nigh on impossible. I've not slept a full night all month and barely have time to even pause for a break. As is the case today. Onwards.
