The Novice

Today is a grand day - my lost cat Critter came home, and I was also able to catch our ferrel cat BW so they now can both be transplanted to our new home.

I will also find out if my $5 copy machine is a great deal or a real pain in my derriere. Call me an online auction novice - silly me thought someone would outbid me on a copy machine for $5 - no one did and now I get to go through the headache of transporting it and finding a place to store it. Do not always believe what you see on the screen - the picture was deceiving - my copier is well over 8 ft long and 2900 pounds. I should of done my research.

I went to a glass fusing party with my friend Reham the other day. This was my first opportunity to work with glass as an artistic medium and I can see why it is addictive. Now I find it a necessity to partner our potters kiln with a glass kiln in our studio. With my father passing a month ago - it was really liberating to have my creative energy flow so freely. For me, creating art is therapeutic, meditative, and very soul-centering. Since Monday and the glass party I have signed up for an intro glass fusing class, a workshop on frit, thrown a pot on the wheel, and sketched out two large paintings for this weekend's market! Funny how one thing can reignite the fire.

The events of this past month - which would make a great country song - have me optimistic. Most people in the face of death often retreat, me on the other hand have dealt with death numerous times early in life and losing my daddy, my best friend, I thought would be HUGELY overwhelming. However, I find myself living his optimistic attitude - and one just needs to keep on keeping on. I feel like I am taking flight and one day when I look back I will remember how far I have come and how the month of May 2006 transformed me. I am working towards manifesting my dream...thriving visual artist...that's me.