{"id":1851,"date":"2014-04-04T17:57:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T00:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2014-04-04T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T00:57:15","slug":"coming-out-of-my-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Out of My Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1852\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1852\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1852\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg?resize=432%2C576\" alt=\"Still life in Healdsburg Hotel\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still life in Healdsburg Hotel sketched with the Artrage app on iPad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In my last post I talked about a pleasant evening drawing alone- but today I did something I have not done in a long time \u2013 I went out and painted in public- and not only that I did it with a friend! Most of my pursuit of art is a solitary hunt sitting in my wee closet of a studio lingering and laboring on whatever project or problem I have going that day. I want to say right up front that my turtle time, as we call it in my house, in my studio is sacred, a much needed respite for this performing introvert, but today my sketching and chatting away the afternoon was more than lovely. My friend Diane and I have been threatening to get together and make art for ages and never getting to it but today we both made it a priority. We met at a lovely local hotel lobby and sat down with two pots of tea, Diane got out her watercolors and sketchbook and I got out my Ipad. We painted and talked about our lives and art and deep things and shallow things all the while sketching. We both agree that the word \u201csketching\u201d holds less pressure than painting or drawing \u2013 we were just \u201csketching\u201d \u2013 the waiter and few passers by peeked at our progress- and this public process required that we share and so we did, no precious master work to keep covered until perfected- we were just \u201csketching\u201d. And so three hours passed, worries rested, and the niggling nagging to-do list waited patiently in the car while we sat and appreciated the curve of the cup and the polish of the teapot, observed the overflowing flowers and the overstuffed chairs \u2013 I am grateful for this little reminder of the extraordinary gift of ordinary things, and plan to get out of my closet more often!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1853\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180bteatime.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1853\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180bteatime.jpg?resize=576%2C432\" alt=\"Tea time up close\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea time up close sketched with the Brushes 3 app on iPad<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my last post I talked about a pleasant evening drawing alone- but today I did something I have not done in a long time \u2013 I went out and painted in public- and not only that I did it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37,88,96],"tags":[153,205,410,449,622,690,753,788],"class_list":["post-1851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-inspiration","category-spiritual","tag-artrage-app","tag-brushes-3-app","tag-healdsburg-hotel-lobby","tag-ipad-art","tag-public-sketching","tag-sketching","tag-tea-time","tag-urban-sketching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coming Out of My Closet - Lisa Thorpe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coming Out of My Closet - Lisa Thorpe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In my last post I talked about a pleasant evening drawing alone- but today I did something I have not done in a long time \u2013 I went out and painted in public- and not only that I did it [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lisa Thorpe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-05T00:57:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lisa Thorpe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lisa Thorpe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lisa Thorpe\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0\"},\"headline\":\"Coming Out of My Closet\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-05T00:57:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ArtRage app\",\"Brushes 3 app\",\"Healdsburg Hotel lobby\",\"ipad art\",\"public sketching\",\"sketching\",\"tea time\",\"urban sketching\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Art\",\"Inspiration\",\"spiritual\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/\",\"name\":\"Coming Out of My Closet - Lisa Thorpe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-05T00:57:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/04\\\/coming-out-of-my-closet\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Coming Out of My Closet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"lisathorpe.com\",\"description\":\"Artist &amp; Educator\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0\",\"name\":\"Lisa Thorpe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Lisa Thorpe\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lisathorpe.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/artistlisa\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Coming Out of My Closet - Lisa Thorpe","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Coming Out of My Closet - Lisa Thorpe","og_description":"In my last post I talked about a pleasant evening drawing alone- but today I did something I have not done in a long time \u2013 I went out and painted in public- and not only that I did it [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/","og_site_name":"Lisa Thorpe","article_published_time":"2014-04-05T00:57:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Lisa Thorpe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lisa Thorpe","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/"},"author":{"name":"Lisa Thorpe","@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0"},"headline":"Coming Out of My Closet","datePublished":"2014-04-05T00:57:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/"},"wordCount":355,"commentCount":4,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg","keywords":["ArtRage app","Brushes 3 app","Healdsburg Hotel lobby","ipad art","public sketching","sketching","tea time","urban sketching"],"articleSection":["Art","Inspiration","spiritual"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/","url":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/","name":"Coming Out of My Closet - Lisa Thorpe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg","datePublished":"2014-04-05T00:57:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/180a-healdsburg-hotel.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/coming-out-of-my-closet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Coming Out of My Closet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/","name":"lisathorpe.com","description":"Artist &amp; Educator","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35336a742e5576ec28ef9520c7a79fe0","name":"Lisa Thorpe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisathorpe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisathorpe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisathorpe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1","width":800,"height":300,"caption":"Lisa Thorpe"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisathorpe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/contact-page.jpg?fit=800%2C300&ssl=1"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/lisathorpe.com"],"url":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/author\/artistlisa\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}