Sweeten Your Tea - 2008
Hello internet world– pardon the sparse posting for the last week. The build-up to the Plaza Art Fair and subsequently the Oktoberfest the weekend after plus lots of other activities led to my own crash for the last week. I’ve been pretty much ignoring technology as much as I can.. I’m sitting here enjoying a cup of hot tea on a rainy morning preparing to dig into a ton of work that probably should have been done last week.. This Friday, I’m co-teaching a workshop at the Lawrence Arts Center for 1st – 5th graders on Henri Matisse’s Cut Paper Art and Shadow Puppetry. Planning in progress.. I think it will be fun. I love interacting with kids. They’re so honest and deliberate.. And it makes me happy to get to share knowledge of something I love with them.
I’m also finishing up a wedding commission and preparing for the Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin City this weekend. I also received word that my artwork is going to be featured in a rather large German style magazine, for which I’m totally honored, so I’ve been trying to get some images organized for that. Next week I’m driving by my lonesome down to Nashville for Artclectic, which was a ton of fun last year, and will surely be again this year. That also puts a ton of to-do’s on my list.. like getting an overdue oil change, etc..
This past week, I got to spend a little time with a person who mysteriously drifted into my life one night several years ago and whose presence and energy was so profound to me that he inspired me to work hard (harder than I’ve ever worked at anything in my life!) at being the whole person that I am and to start making my artwork with an intensity, and he has, by following his intensity and example of doing what he loves, continually inspired me over the years to keep working toward exactly what I want. I know I’m incredibly fortunate to be doing what I do and I’m indelibly thankful for those opportunities to have him close. I sometimes wonder if I had walked the other direction, where would I be at this instant.. Being awake and open to experiences can change your life in amazing ways.