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Thursday, January 24, 2013

No Time

"I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date!"

Before I head out today

I wanted to share

these.

I'm trying to get more comfortable at putting myself out there. I am a student of encaustics. Not a perfectionist, not a brilliant artist, just someone who shows up to the medium to see what lessons it will be teaching me that day.

I am hoping to list them in my Etsy Shop soon.

Have a brilliant and lovely day!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Full

My head is full

swirling and twirling

mixing and hurling

words then thousand at a time.

Thoughts created

ruminated

settling in my mind.

I open the page

the cold blank stare

who will care

about the words they find.

The depth of thought

I ought not,

better to leave behind.

Write what you know

is what I'm told

but what I know

isn't always kind.

There is pain and fear

and horrors to hear

most wish to stay blind.

Perhaps write what you learn

little bird as you grow

the seeds that are sown

are much more refined.

Share the joy at the end

of the lessons my friend

then you'll do just fine.

But I know what I know

and perhaps others will grow

if they open their mind

and see life through my eyes.

The one thing I fear

yet pray to hear

"You have been found and you are divine."

I dive into the page

slowly finding my way

fear subsides as I transcribe

the mess from which I hide.

Friday, November 2, 2012

NaNoWriMo 2012 - Day 2

NaNoWriMo Day 2 - I made goal. Made the ticker on the right happy today. The words are flowing freely but the story is somewhat of a catastrophe compared to the perfect scenario I imagined. My inner critic is getting really pissed off that my inner child is running around messing up the place!

I must continue to remind myself that this is dumping grounds. First draft. Free style. No editing. No re-writes. No judgment.

"If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word." ~ Margaret Atwood

I am l♡ving the new Kleenex box!!!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Creative Juicing

Howdy Strangers!

It's been a while since I have been a regular blogger. The hiatus was well served and well deserved. Getting back into groove is proving harder than I thought it would be. In order to get my creative juices flowing, I have decided to tap into the ripe fruit of a local artist. This artist is so local, I simply turned around and asked some questions!

Interview with 9 y/o daughter
Interviewer (that's me!): "Why do you create so much art?"
Artist (Darling Daughter): "Because I have to and it makes me happy.
Interviewer: "How do you decide what you're going to make?"
Artist: "Ideas just pop into my head."
Interviewer: "When you are creating, do you always know how you want it to look when it's done?"
Artist: "No. Sometimes I start making something and it decides how it wants to be. Sometimes I just sit down to draw and the picture comes out."
Interviewer: "How do you know when it's done?"
Artist: "It's done when I say it's done."

Words of wisdom and lots of creative juice here!

Bow, arrows, and quiver created with the help of creative brother. Quiver made of cardboard, gift wrap & yarn. Bow & arrows are made from bamboo and yarn. Shirt & necklace by Darling Daughter Designs.

This diorama was in an art show. See the little fishy in big fishy's mouth? Fish are ceramic. Underwater world made of paper and imagination. Rocks are the real deal.