Sketch #4

Now this one was interesting....

Sketch Prompt #4

"Create a stain on a clean sketchbook page using anything!
Use the stain to create a image with your pencil!"

The first thing I thought of was coffee!

So I took some coffee grounds, spread them on the page and rubbed them in a bit to make a good stain.

Well what do you know, I came up with a tree haha!

I just love trees and apparently so does my subconscious.

New Approach

I want to stop making just things and start making art.

Fiber art.

No more mass produced patterns and pieces but one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art.

I want to take this title of fiber artist to the next level.

It might not be a new style, just a new approach to things.

I want to be more free with my art.

Make things for the sole purpose of making them.

Make things because I love to.

Then release them into the world!

I lost sight of that.

The love and the creative flow.

Instead I got caught up in all the made-to-order pieces.

I'm going to stop focusing on that as much.

And focus on creating just to create.

Dance Like Nobody's Watching - Aquarium

PLACE: Monterey Bay Aquarium
SONG: E.T. by Katy Perry
BOY: Stefan Fromme
WHY: Because I was inspired by Angela Trimbur and I wanted to see if I could be brave enough to dance in public like she did.  Turn out I can and had a blast!

Here is the original video that inspired me.

Yes, I know my dancing isn't anything special.  The point was to have a personal victory and have fun doing it!

Big THANK YOU to Ana and Michael for giving me courage to do this!

Hooray for personal victories!  Not bad for someone with S.A.D.

I am a Free Spirit

I am a Free Spirit

An Affirmation for Inner Peace, Strength, and Healing

I will love and not hate
I will heal and not harm
 I will create and not destroy
I will inspire and not crush
I will restore and not demolish
 I will help and not hurt
I will embrace my uniqueness and never be generic
 I will grow and not stagnate
I will be respectful and not rude
I will be compassionate and not cruel
I will seek to understand and not judge or dismiss
I will have empathy and not apathy
I will be mindful and not heedless
I will be strong and not weak
I will be courageous and not cowardly
I will dare to dream and not relinquish hope
I will be open-minded and not closed shut
I will plant peace and not strife
 I will thrive and not be thwarted
I will live in the moment and not dwell in the past or on the future
I will cherish my loved ones, animals, and Mother Earth and never take any of them for granted
 I will make magic and not malignancy
 I will be free and never confined
I am a free spirit who is grateful for my life and freedom . . . today