It's January 2, 2009 and I still haven't made a list of my goals for this year.  I'm so reluctant to commit my intentions to paper or blog and I can't understand why.  Hmmm.  Maybe this is a hidden personality trait that I need to come to terms with this year.

The only "goal" I've stated so far is that I want to paint using more translucent colors.  I have experimented with translucent colors in the past and was happily surprised with the results.  I used ultramarine blue for shadows on a path in one painting.  Another time I used hansa yellow for a sky color in a forest painting.  The sky had a certain luminosity shining through the forest trees.  So why haven't I gone more in this direction?  Well, I intend to.  For me, old habits die hard.  

After spending years of time and gallons of paint, it's not easy to step back and re-examine the technical aspects of painting, although I feel this is where I need to go in the future.   It's just all part of the journey.  

And my goals?  Well I plan on getting to those a little later.  I know that some morning I'll wake up, grab a pen and notebook, and they'll all come spilling out on paper.  Once I commit to something there is no stopping me.  I'm that stubborn.  (Another hidden personality trait I need to come to terms with). For right now, I have several ideas floating around in my head for 2009.  I guess my time clock must be different from everyone else's.