Cabin Fever

October 12, 2023

Cabin Fever

The expression cabin fever usually connotes a feeling of being angry and bored because you have been inside for too long.

For me, however, cabin fever currently refers to the spike in my overall happiness ‘temperature’ as a result of having this simple cabin in a state park set in West Virginia mountains as my home for a week. Can’t get enough!

The mountains. The trees. The fresh air. The hiking. The quiet. The countless fires in our fireplace. The simple meals prepared together. The absolute fun I’ve had painting.

*another page of painting sketches, work in progress*

artist at play

cabin fever, in flow, mountain energy

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Dotty Seiter

13 responses to “Cabin Fever”

Joyful Puttering

October 12, 2023 at 7:04 pm

That’s the very best kind of cabin fever! Your joy is coming through in your paintings….they are fun and playful.

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  October 12, 2023 at 7:43 pm
  
  Definitely my kinda cabin fever! Thanks for letting me know that my joy is shining through these paintings, MaryAnn : )
  
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Simone

October 13, 2023 at 4:32 am

Sounds like heaven!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  October 13, 2023 at 4:48 am
  
  You’ve got that right, Simone! I’m smiling because the tagline for the West Virginia State Park system is “almost heaven,” from the John Denver song I quoted in my post of the same name four days ago : )
  
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  1. Simone
    
    October 13, 2023 at 5:02 am
    
    Hahaha!
    
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roseanne333

October 13, 2023 at 10:21 pm

The more I zoom in, the more I love all the nuances – the gold, the asemic writing. Love this, Dotty.

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Dotty Seiter

October 14, 2023 at 7:11 am

Roseann, oooh, so grateful for your zoomed-in attention to and appreciation of the layered nuances of these sketches. I’m hoping to do a post showing process with this particular page of cabin fever paint play; stay tuned!

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imajenationgmailcom

October 14, 2023 at 3:09 pm

Cabin fever is the best! There is such freedom in these pieces – OMG!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  October 14, 2023 at 5:21 pm
  
  Lola: YES! The freedom in these pieces has been SUCH a gift! Excited to know that it is palpable to others : )
  
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Sheila Marie Delgado

October 15, 2023 at 2:32 am

Love these WIP’s! 🙂

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  October 15, 2023 at 7:53 pm
  
  Thank you, Sheila! This batch is really speaking to me.
  
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carolee36

October 19, 2023 at 4:40 am

Finding your calm and excitement!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  October 19, 2023 at 5:11 am
  
  Yes, finding my calm, finding my excitement! I’m back home now and, by contrast, finding a seemingly unending to-do list. Taking a breath, pausing to mindfully find again calm find again excitement.
  
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