Follow

your bliss

and the Universe

will open doors

where there were only walls

~ Joseph Campbell

Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures followed by wreckage were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. You'll see that this is really true. Nothing can happen to you that is not positive. Even though it looks and feels at the moment like a negative crisis, it is not. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes."

~Joseph Campbell

sew like the wind old woman

I've gone from framing to sewing...and it's been a challenge as anyone with a kitten will know. I did mess up on one but is anyone really going to care that I have an unusually placed seam? Hopefully they'll be looking at my drawings and not inspecting the tableclothes! I purchased a Kenmore instead of my usual Singer...as I feel like I've been spending absorbent amounts of money lately on my show, I didn't want to go overboard on a sewing machine. I really like the feel of it...it's sooooo good to have a smooth working machine again.

This is the last weekend before my show so I still have much to do....finish putting together 3 collage drawings, finish that close up face drawing and finish my sign to put up on my tent to let people know that my work is actually drawings and not photographs. And guess what, a client I met last year at the art fair contacted me saying she wants another portrait done...I've already made a sale and I'm not even there yet!! Yahoo!

Have a happy relaxing weekend!!

up to my ears...

...in framing... all weekend long! The above drawing is how I felt by Monday evening!! I'm not kidding!

But I'm all done...well, er, except for one piece I started (another face close up) that I would really like to finish for my show. See how nicely it would go (see below) in that lower right hand corner!

Tonight I am on to sewing my table clothes...yes I didn't have enough to do, so thought I would heap more on my already full plate!! But, I just could not find exactly what I wanted around town or on the internet...I did really try tho...believe me!! And hopefully tonight I will not spend two hours yapping away on the phone like I did last night! The time just flew by and all of a sudden it was 10 pm...and with my brother no less. Life is kinda funny at times, how loses and grief can bring two people together that were never particularly close!! I love it...I guess we've both changed enough to find a lot of common ground...it's been a wonderful thing in the face of so much heartache.

Been up to a lot of things lately but none of them too exciting...kinda boring in fact! Trying to get all my artwork framed for my show, but it's been a lot of running around...some frames here, glass there, sales that don't start till the following week, certain matboards I want that can't be found anywhere around town so had to order it online....blah, blah, blah!!!Boooorrrring!! So a scant amount of art has actually been produced this week. My love graffiti piece is the only thing I've been working on.

And
another Singer bites the dust, and in the middle of working on this collage drawing. That's the second one in as many months! What is the Universe trying to tell me? Along with hitting up Aaron Brothers again for their sale this weekend I guess I'll be paying a visit to JoAnn Fabrics for a new machine!

Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to get a new machine and finish this puppy up, along with two other drawings waiting to be sewn. I'm not 100% on board tho with this piece...thought I was...I really worked the collage part of this piece in many different ways and thought I liked this the best but now looking at it here I'm not feeling it.

Happy Birthday Mom

Today would have been my mom's 83rd birthday had she not passed away in Dec. I have so many treasured and cherished memories of my mom growing up and even tho she is not here physically to celebrate I wanted to honor her today and all that she meant to me.

Love you mom!

Here's a photography tip: make sure your kitten is not around when photographing your artwork cuz they loooooove to play with the camera strap!

hummingbird encounters

(Flickr: The Nature Nook)

(Flickr: Dennis J2007)

Early Saturday morning I was working with the forgiveness CD I keep talking about. It has been one of the most powerful CD's I've worked with since I discovered Lazaris 15 years ago. On the CD are two meditations, one for self-forgiveness and the other for forgiving another. I did the second one weeks ago..it was so intense and after I came out I looked out my familyroom window and what did I see? A hummingbird!! Let me stress that I rarely see hummingbirds around my house or the neighborhood. Then this past Saturday morning I did the self-forgiveness meditation, and what did I see again? A hummingbird outside my bedroom window!! It just blew me away! For anyone who is as interested in animal totems and spirits as I am, a hummingbird is a messenger of joy!! " The hummingbird comes when it seems that what needs to be done is impossible. It teaches how to find joy in any circumstance!" WOW! It just lifted the resonance of my whole weekend. I'm so excited knowing that miracles are abound and they are endless!!



"Nothing has to be the same. Nothing. You can touch the joy that has no name; it can touch and change you. You can embrace the love that is beyond all names; it can embrace and heal you. With a pinch of magic, nothing has to be the same. It is so and so it is. Dare you let it be?"
Lazaris