A dozen eggs (almost)

A reverse Baker's Dozen...

Connundrum

I love using the little cards that buttons come on:

Through the keyhole...

If you look VERY closely, "passion" and "bliss" are beckoning you...

Wild things, oranges and Chinese proverbs

Blue bird of transformation

Unstoppable agent of world peace

Bluebird of possibility

What would Carmen do?

I made the crazy red art bra on the right as part of a group project. After hanging in my studio for 2 years I donated it to raise money for breast cancer. I fondly refer to it as my "Carmen Miranda" bra.

For a more glamorous you!

Journal page using turquoise duct tape and black masking tape...you gotta love the rubber stamp of the gal in the highlighting cap. And that Mark Twain quote...pretty much says it all, doesn't it?

Cats, yarn, prototypes and bubbles

I just found out that the deadline for submitting workshop proposals for the next Art Fiber Fest is in a few days. It's an annual art retreat organized by Teesha and Tracy Moore and it's basically a smaller, fabric/fiber version of ArtFest. I taught at Art Fiber Fest for its first two years and it was fabulously, wonderfully fun. Go here and look under Workshops to find out more.

Anyway, I'm completely booked tonight and my weekend is literally packed from 5pm Fri until 10pm Sunday. That means I've got to come up with samples, photograph them and write up descriptions on Wednesday and Thursday evening. Eeek!

Last night I spread out a bunch of yarn and fabric and started prototyping like mad. My beloved cats, not understanding the dire nature of my schedule, offered to help. Their version of helping is to turn skeins of yarn into tangled piles that resemble nothing so much as hairballs.

I found myself getting exasperated with them and then I took a few seconds to look into their furry little faces and I really saw how happy and playful they were being and really, how much I loved them. So I took a few minutes to play and cuddle with them before I went back to my project.

So...I am envisioning being in a bubble of "creativity, focus and ease" to carry me through the next few days. Stay tuned; I'll post said photographs of said prototypes as soon as I take them.

What would YOU do?

In this time of change, possibility and hope, I find myself wondering how the large events that are unfolding will impact us as individuals...and what effect each and every one of us can have on the big picture.

How many of us have some dream we have not achieved...something fluttering in our hearts that is calling to us to set it free?

Is it the fear of failure that holds us back? The fear of success? Not knowing what to do? Not having a team behind us to support and inspire us? Are we convinced that no single person could possibly make that kind of difference?

What if we weren't constrained by our worries, our resignation? What if contribution to each of our communities was absolutely integrated into our way of living? What if we allowed ourselves to be raised up on the shoulders of those around us, and we automatically lent a hand in turn? What if the world's children were raised to believe that anything was possible?

So the question I'm pondering is, "What would you do if you knew you could not fail?"

What if you aimed for "no child goes hungry" and you "only" managed to feed 10 or 100 or 1000? That would be a game worth playing, wouldn't it? In your quiet moments of reflection would you feel like a a failure? Of course not. There would be more work to do, but you would know the difference YOU made on this planet.