A Sunday in which I totally lacked motivation and feared I might languish into nothingness became a quiet day in which I painted a mandala:
I like the spots…can’t decide if I’ll take it further with my Micron pens or not.
Later Renee and I did some laundry, and then I took a great nap (halfway on [...]
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October Hawthorns
I’ve been slammed with a lot of work lately–tax prep (whew, that’s done!), hosting a baby shower for my oldest daughter (yes, you read that right!), and getting pieces framed and ready for the OOAK Gallery in Micaville, NC. I also have work now in the TRAC Galleries in both Burnsville and Spruce Pine, [...]
I dreamt awhile back of Radiograph pens. I’d never used them before, and when I woke up all I remembered was that I had purchased a few in my dream life. It took me several weeks, but I finally purchased one (and later a set) in waking life. I’ve been having so much [...]
I purchased some small landscape bound journals for McKinley, Renee, and myself, and we have really enjoyed making drawing a daily practice. I’ve been fascinated with pinecones lately, and after I have a few more nice ones I’m going to make a small set of pineocne notecards for my Etsy shop. But I’ve also [...]
The hens are laying again. The weather eases, just a bit. I begin to imagine leaves, flowers, the lush smell of spring–even though it is months away. I can’t help it. You would think that the older you get, the more jaded you become. But every spring seems more a [...]
A gray January morning is not an enticing thing, unless one
is considering how fine it is to stay in a warm bed. Indeed, much
of the day I lingered in my delicious bed, drinking coffee, dream
journalling, playing with my iPod, writing a letter. But the gray
did not lift. The snow fell, and the temperature did too. [...]
Early this month I wrote that we would be taking it easy this December–meaning no real schoolwork, no studio work. The idea was that we would focus all of our energy on Christmas crafts and other such things, enjoying ourselves as we descended into the darkest of the year.
I learned quite a few things [...]
