Domina Dea Speaks » Second Circle Studio

When Work is Play, or, “Why is Dea Smiling?”

Dea — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:53:42 +0000

After reading a friends blog post last week about her ongoing search for happiness, I started browsing through some “Self-Help” type websites and the same theme kept presenting itself; People who do what they love and love what they do are by far happier people. It didn’t much matter what it was, nursing, volunteer work, banking, working on an assembly line or taking tolls, long as they were doing something that they loved and brought them satisfaction, they were measurably happier people and the trickle down effect to the rest of their lives was significant.

I seriously love my life; what’s not to love?

Settling In

Dea — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:08:21 +0000

Yes, it truly is!

Moving SUCKS! I’ve spent the better part of this week, in between sessions, getting my new place settled. I have far too much “stuff”. Leading up to the move I took three car loads to the Salvation Army and this week I took another two loads. I thew four HUGE garbage bags away prior and another FOUR this week. Moving makes you really take inventory of your stuff, what you keep and why. It was s good purge. All the boxes are empty, the closets full, everything in its new place. My biggest challenge now is to remember where I put things when I actually need them.

The new & improved Second Circle Studio is in place and I’ve had a few sessions. I’m still working on the layout of everything. I used to know where everything was and could blindly reach and grab, without a second thought, any toy I wished. Not so much these days, but it won’t be long before I have that worked out. Of course it would help if I stopped rearranging things. All in all I think my special pets are going to love the new location and the new Studio.

I love my new place, it’s home, and I don’t plan to leave it for a good, long, while. This place is full of love, the love of good friends that gave their time and talent to make it MY home. Tonight I’m hosting a house warming party to thank the wonderful people that made it possible, I’m looking forward to honoring them for all they have done to honor me.

Life is good. Very, very, good.

xoxox

Dea

Home Sweet Home!

Dea — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:31:22 +0000

Moving Party

Happy New Year!

As you know, it seemed that my year ended on a low note when I lost the lease on my space, but, it turned into a wonderful blessing. 2009 really was an amazing year for me, 2010 will be even better~

On Saturday 25 amazing friends showed up in below freezing weather to move me into my new live/work space. But, before that could happen the new space had to be renovated and made into a livable space. This meant building out a space for my new studio, gutting and rebuilding the bathroom from the top down, converting what was once a darkroom into a laundry room/walk in closet, running what at times seemed like miles of electrical, setting tile and painting. Typically one could expect a job of this caliber to take about 8-12 weeks to accomplish under normal circumstances, but thanks to Jeff, my wonderful friend and contractor, we managed to get it all done in four short weeks. FOUR WEEKS, during the holidays to boot! It was also made possible, to quote Margret, with a “fucktonne of man hours”! Not only did we (Jeff, Elaine & I) work 12-15 hour days, it wasn’t unusual to find a number of members of the lifestyle community here pitching in with their time and talent. They gave up their nights, their weekends, their vacations, to be here creating a beautiful new home and studio for me. Who does that? We do, people who love, respect and support each other do that sort of thing for each other.

I am an incredibly blessed woman. There is no doubt in my mind that I am loved.

I’ve spent the last few days getting settled into my new space. I LOVE the new studio, it’s larger and more user friendly and has some cool new features I didn’t have at the other place. I’m ready to get back to work. I look forward to seeing you soon, come experience the new space. I love it, I think you will too!

Dea