Summer art update

Where the hell have I been he last few months? I would like to know the same thing!

For some strange reason I have been less artistic and more depressed this year. I suspect the problem stems from my day job, which has been slowly strangling my freedoms artistically and mentally.

I am no longer allowed to have henna on my skin unless I ask my boss every time for permission. (Which I find suffocating and demeaning.) I would understand the rule except I do not see clients face to face. I answer phones and stay in my little cave. On a rare occasion I fill in at the front desk greeting people BUT maybe 5 people a month see me. Normally people are filled with intrigue and wonder when they see my henna. I have yet to have anyone complain or be offended.

The dyppy side of me wants to text my boss at all hours of the night to beg for henna. Like at 1am when I can't sleep and need an "art fix." Or right now & interrupt her Sunday to ask if I can have my hands done. One of two things would happen. She would ban henna completely OR she would back off and let me have my freedom back. Yea right, who am I kidding? She would ban Henna completely or fire me..... ( See my problem? Work has completely killed off my insides!)

~sigh~

In other news.....

The library henna classes were small but a success.

The art festival was a success.

I did a few "Henna in the park" gatherings, which all turned out beautifully.

I am scheduled to do henna for some ladies that attend the K.C. Mosque next month with my henna buddy Mindy. (This will be a GREAT opportunity for us to do traditional Arabic henna.)

I finally took the plunge and died my hair with henna. ( Now if only my boss would allow me to pierce my nose I could look like a REAL henna artist!!!)

There is the long and short of this summer...... Boring I know. Maybe next year life will be less confining and I can break out again.

Maybe......