Sunday 8 August 2010

Buzz if you like, but don't sting me

Didn't realise how little I had been posting recently.... partly because I've been busy in the proper job and partly because I have been producing some new artwork both for my jewellery and a couple of EDMs on the boil (so to speak - will post these over next few days whan I have caught up with everyone elses offerings).  Here is my latest Wild Thing... a bee!


I have a sheet ready to print so that I can start preparing some soldered bits and pieces.  I am going to make some little charms and pendants with a 'Halloween' Wild Things theme.  Yesterday I started a painting of a spider... now, let me explain that I have a very stupid and irrational fear of spiders.  I live in a country where spiders are not a threat, yet just the thought of one scuttling along makes me want to run for the hills.  Ridiculous!  So I am finding myself as normal, totally engrossed in the painting I am doing and then, every now and again... shuddering at the subject matter.  I have no real fear of any other living thing.  As a child I once sat on a wasps nest (long story) and was stung everywhere.  Am I frightened of wasps / bees / stingy things?  No.  I once had the little finger of my right hand almost ripped off (no seriously - I have a cracking scar to prove it) by a rearing pony.  Am I scared of all things equine?  No.  As a child I was bitten several times by dogs - once on the face (again small scar to prove it) - I'm not frightened of dogs, never have been, which is why I got myself into so many scrapes with them because I always threw my arms around any dog I saw as a child  :0)

Being scared of spiders is silly.  I have never been hurt by a spider, never had a spider trauma... apart from the time my friends child held the biggest one up under my nose saying 'Look what I found Lesley....'.  I was horrified, my instinct was to leap over the fence into the neighbour's garden, or worse still chuck the child and her find into next door's garden.  I told her I thought it was beautiful and she should put it back where she found it because it's family were missing it, which she dutyfully did.  I think (hope) the rictus smile and my googling eyes passed her by. I would hate to be responsible for imprinting the same fear in another generation.

So, deep breaths, keep calm Lesley, and get that painting finished!

TTFN, xx 

15 comments:

  1. Oh no, you poor thing, what a traumatic childhood... glad you came out unafraid of most of these things. Your bee sketch is lovely. Perhaps your spider painting will help remove some of your fears. My phobia is cockroaches. *shudder*. Only seen them once in a NY subway, but the gross-out factor is high.

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  2. Eeeww!! Yes, I think a cockroach sighting would shiver my timbers too Krista!!!

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  3. I absolutely love this bee sketch!!

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  4. ..I'm not so good in reading (and writing ^^) english posts..but really appreciate the colours of your drawings and craftmade.. thanks for visiting my blog !

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  5. Amazing detail - looks very real! Great painting.

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  6. beautiful bee! I sympathise over the spider, once spent several whole nights in Belize terrified by HUGH spiders in the rafters over my bed, my hand in a constant cramp-inducing grip to keep the bed sheet taut over my head.

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  7. Gorgeous bee. I agree I can just about cope with a spider(they eat mozzies so they are allowed to stay) but a cockroach...noooo I will be gone in 2 seconds.

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  8. This is absolutely gorgeous - so colourful. The thing about spiders is all those legs I think. You just know if he's going to run up your sleeve he's going to go too fast for you to do anything but scream :-)

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  9. LOL...I can deal with spiders and roaches but wasps freak me out! But then, it seems that no matter who was disturbing them, they always pick me for the attack! My face swells up like a big balloon! (They always seem to go for my face!) Wonderful drawing...looks very lifelike!

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  10. ... "now, let me explain that I have a very stupid and irrational fear of spiders."

    Me too! Those things scare the hell out of me. Rats, snakes, other bugs don't creep me out as much as they do. Once I pulled one out of my ear (I squashed it in my sleep) and I couldn't sleep for days afterwards!)

    But I love your bee!:)

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  11. Your bee drawing is awesome, so detailed and sweet! Love the background, and the whole painting really looks beautiful!
    I don't think your fear of spiders is silly at all. It works like phobia : you put your unnamed fears on one small, harmless thing, that you don't usually meet at every turn, and then you're free of those fears most of the time (except when meeting said thing...). That's wise, actually ; ) !

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  12. I unfortunatly completely simpathise with the who stupid spider phobia thing, especially when you have two boys who LOVE finding them and showing them to mum...
    However I totally love your bee painting, lush, lush lush!

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  13. Hi,

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