I leave for Mexico on Wednesday. The Yucatan in August is not exactly the most comfortable spot on the planet and I would rather be doing just about anything other than going down there. Business requires the trip, however, so I’ve packed up fertilizer and hydrating liquid for the garden, gifts for Ramon and Alma, [...]
Filed under: thoughts on July 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
Sunday morning with coffee, following a brisk, hot and sticky walk with the boys at 8:30. Aside from one 15 minute break to water the deck garden (which is looking fab, I might add), I’m now beyond two hours of slowly savoring the caffeine and cruising through the blogosphere. I read an entry on Art Vent about storage and what an [...]
Filed under: creative process, gathering, growth, layers, secrets on July 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You can’t control how other people perceive you. You can control how you present yourself. These are two very different things. People assess things based on their own prejudices and preconceptions, so if they don’t respond to your presentation or speech the way you had hoped, you can’t take it personally! You did your best [...]
Filed under: growth, layers, thoughts on July 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
The piece began with the collage, “Never Enough Payback” (blogged at Weeding and Never Enough Payback),but once I deconstructed the collage, it ceased to exist. Though the collage was recycled into this new work, its value changed. In pieces, it became tesserae, just as the millefiori and the smalti.
The words and images of the collage are now just [...]
Filed under: change, collage, creative process, deconstruction, growth, journaling, layers, lost, materials, mosaic, payback on July 17th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Perhaps I’ve had my head in the sand somewhere and have just missed this. I came across this orgainzation this morning, with its remarkably simple and totally effective Hippo Roller. Fantastic!
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Filed under: thoughts on July 17th, 2008 | No Comments »