Soul Humming

inside

 

i am a person who feels too much.

sometimes i am a leaf on the water.

it is a blessing

and a curse.

i have spent my life trying to figure out what is going on inside myself

how the tides change so quickly

and to find ways to navigate it all.

early on i thought everyone felt so strongly,

so freely,

so over-the-top

it took me many years and a variety of relationships to realize

quite assuredly

that not everyone feels deeply,

some feel very little at all,

which can also be a blessing and a curse.

Going Postal

After working eight hours a day for the last few days, my ornaments are finally heading to the post office to reach the artists in the Adorn 12 Days of Christmas Exchange! Stay tuned over the next couple weeks as I revisit past ornaments and new ideas. Then, on December first the 12 Days begins.

Thursday

this day is chaotic. this is the usual state of my desk.

i have a six foot long desk but only

a six inch square to work upon.

i am in overdrive as i work

on my ornaments for the 12 Days of Christmas exchange

this day promises more work, work, work.

my fingers are flying to get ready. i'll keep you posted!

Carving

I think I must have ADD. I opened a drawer to find something and the next thing I knew I had carved two stamps. And I had to open the brand new carving set I bought an age ago to do it. I think it is important to listen when the muse finally shows up and starts talking, even if what she is saying doesn't make a lot of sense at the time.

I don't think I've carved a stamp since high school. And then I wasn't carving stamps but linoleum. These were fast and to serve a purpose. Not expecially neat work but that usually isn't something I am striving for when carving in the half light of dusk while squatting in the floor on my knees in front of a pulled open drawer.

flotsam and jetsam

painted muslin

oh yes mister cat

rainy doodling

 

what are you doing out there?