Award Time

I received this lovely award from the beautiful, smart and funny Dawn.

I am to tell you all why I blog and then pass it on to one blogger. I started to blog because it seemed fun and I wanted in on some of the action. I found a bunch of lovely, diverse people, mostly women, but a few good men and I fell in love with all of them and if I had more time, I would fall in love with more of you. We support one another in a beautiful way and I love the fact that we come from all over the world and so many different backgrounds. I love it here in blogland and I don't think I could do what I am doing today without you coming along with me.

You all help me be brave. Now picking just one blogger to pass this award to is so hard, but I will, I pick M.Kate, she has been here from the near beginning and has always left an uplifting comment and she has given me gifts and cards :-). I love you M.Kate. I love all the rest of you too! XOXO

Tagged!

The beautiful, talented editing queen, Erin Davis tagged me! I love these questions. Here are my answers and at the end I will tag some of you.
1: What is your current obsession?
Well, you all know it is making ceramics! Right now though I am into painting and I have too many obsessions to name, but two new ones are Alice Neel the artist and Emily Dickinson the poet.
2: Which item of clothing do you wear most? Anything casual, jeans, yoga pants, my favorites are my Life is Good t-shirts and my hoodies.
3: What's for dinner?
A huge salad! Then something yummy for a treat after.
4: Last thing you bought?
Groceries!
5: What are you listening to?
My cats meowing and talking to me, like they always do.
6: If you were a god or goddess, who would you be?
No Gods for me, but I would not mind being a saint, and my favorite saint is Saint Francis of Assisi.
7: Favourite guilty pleasure?
Watching movies and I also love "The Dog Whisper" on DVD and of course "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
8: Reading right now?
This weeks issue of the New Yorker, I read it cover to cover :-).
9: Okay...what were you thinking about just then?
How much I love the New Yorker :-).
10: Who's your hero/heroine?
I have way too many, but the ones that come to mind this second are the Dalai Lama and Albert Einstein and I love Kathrine Hepburn.
12: Funniest thing you saw in your life?
The Seinfeld episode of them waiting to have dinner in the Chinese restaurant.
13: Favourite film?
"Wings of Desire" , I have seen this film about 30 times, so far.
14: Share some wisdom?
Love your life, just as it is and always trust that whatever is happening is for your best.
Be as happy as you can, and stay in the now and keep your heart open with love.
15: If you were a tree, what tree would you be and why?
My answer is the same as Erin's, I would be a Maple tree! Because I love all things maple and
what a beautiful tree!
16: Fictitious characters who made a lasting impression on you?
Most of the characters in most of Shakespeare's plays, I won't name them as that would take way too long!
17: 4 words to describe you?
Creative, kindhearted, obsessive, passionate. That about sums me up :-).
Okay, now I tag:
Dawn
Emom
Jan
Sizzle
Yoli
Some of you I know are too busy and some of you have already been tagged, but if I did not name you and you want to do the tag, do it! If I tagged you and you don't want to do it, then don't :-).
Happy Thursday! XOXO

Just in time...

Well, some jobs came in. Short, time wise, but intense physically, so I may go missing for a few days this week. I am so thankful for the work. I would rather sell paintings, but spirit knows what it is doing, so I won't complain :-). I am getting the hang of this new life of living by the seat of my pants and I am developing quiet a taste for it :-). Much more exciting way to live than 9-5. There are many more important things than security, which is false anyway. In other news, my friend L had a wonderful show yesterday, many important people came and many pieces were sold! I love it when my friends are a success. Congrats L! Today, is another 24 hours in which I can do what I want, so I think I will go for a run, lay low and read, work on Erin's painting and watch an art video on Alice Neel, now she was my kind of painter! I am always so inspired by artists who are true to themselves, and she was an original. What are you up to today?
Have a wonderful Monday! XOXO

Toads and poems

Happy Saturday. I thought I would share with you photos I took of this wonderful Horn Toad while I was on a run (yes, I take my camera with me while I run :-). I have so many projects going that it is hard for me to choose what to do, but today I will be working on the painting for poet Erin Davis, who is editing my book. I will share it after she receives it as I would not want to spoil the surprise for her. I am also working on a few other paintings. I am excited as my good friend L is having a show tomorrow of his wonderful photographs and I can't wait until he sells some! Good luck L! I will be there with bells on :-). In other news I have had little work and no art sales and I am attempting to stay calm and trust that all is well, I KNOW the Universe will pull a rabbit out of it's hat :-). It helps me to write that :-). I want to share a poem that Erin shared with me yesterday, it moved me greatly:

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune--without the words,

And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never, in extremity,

It asked a crumb of me. --Emily Dickinson

Have a wonderful day! XOXO

New Bowls

Well, here they are. They did not turn out perfect (darn glazes), but I think they are still cute and I like them a lot. Because they are imperfect I won't put them on the Etsy site, but if any of you want one, you can make me an offer or a trade plus shipping and I would be happy to consider it. If nothing else I will give them as gifts or use them myself :-). I have had a fun couple days. I went out to visit my sculpture friend J and I got my hair cut. Now it is time to get some more art done. Let's see, more ceramics or work on the paintings? Not sure which is calling me, or perhaps both are. I hope you are having a good week. XOXO

P.S. Bowls are 31/2"x6", all handbuilt.

The Crown of Love

This is a painting I did a few years ago. A part of me misses doing the whimsical stuff, and I may do a few sometimes, as it can get a bit boring doing just the serious abstract work. I think it is also time to start letting go of some of my work that I have hung onto, so I am putting this on my Etsy site later today. Go there to see close up photos of this piece. I am off to work with a new claybody, a low fire porcelain. It has proven to be very difficult, but that won't stop me :-).
I get bowls back from the firing place tomorrow, I can't wait to show you (if they turned out!).
Happy Tuesday everyone and let me know what you think of this mixed media painting.
XOXO

Blogger Love

This beautiful card came from my good blogging friend M.Kate. It came last week,
all the way from Malaysia, but I could not get a good photo of it until yesterday.
One of the things I love most about blogging, are the friends you make, in far away
places that you would never meet in day to day life. M.Kate, is one of the sweetest
bloggers ever! What do you like best about blogging? XOXO