I am reading a lovely book by Kelly O’Connor McNees, THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, about Louisa’s choice between marriage and art.\u00c2\u00a0 As we readers of LITTLE WOMEN know, she did not marry, but pursued her work instead.<\/p>\n
I would love to hear what the rest of you think of this question. How do we as artists find a balance between life and art?<\/p>\n
Even though we are often not as extreme as Ms. Alcott, artists do allow other things in their lives to fall by the wayside, at least temporarily, in order to do their work.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 There is the need to balance time for our work and time for earning a living, often different things, even for published authors. There is the balance between work and home, between the families we write about on the page and the living, breathing families of our daily lives.<\/p>\n
I seek more balance between the work I love and the life I love. I suppose that search is never a finished thing. I will not wake up one magic morning with the perfect balance struck in my life. Instead, I wake up each morning with the work of living and the work of writing waiting for me. I will live in both worlds, finding joy in each. Maybe perfect balance is only meant to be sought, and not achieved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am reading a lovely book by Kelly O’Connor McNees, THE LOST SUMMER OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, about Louisa’s choice between marriage and art.\u00c2\u00a0 As we readers of LITTLE WOMEN know, she did not marry, but pursued her work instead. I would love to hear what the rest of you think of this question. How …<\/p>\n