Today was beautiful in our mountains. Crisp in the morning with a touch of frost; then up into the 40's and sunshine! Even so, the mountains have a grizzle of snow.
We have been revamping and cleaning our little gallery/showroom this week. Took everything out except what we wanted to keep. Phil says we stretched the walls! Next week, we start making in ernest.
This January is the first one since 1997 that we were somewhat normal... if any are ever normal.
So, how many thoughts when looking at a blank page. It is easy to find words in response to another when writing. One says, then another comments, then soon it is a conversation.
When left to only the thoughts in my own mind, it is hard to know where to start. So many things on my mind...
- diet - Phil is diabetic, so we spend a lot of time keeping his sugar from whacking by eating right. We don't get enough exercise, and keep putting off walking, but we committed to 9:00am this Saturday with at least one other person.
- online venues - I am so behind in my work, yet here I am writing for cyberspace. maybe this will organize my thoughts.
- family - dysfunction rules in the family I grew up in. Unfortunate, lots of denial, and crises... one is looming.
- juggling - designing, making, selling - that is what I do. So nice not to have a job.
- current events - kind of like the dysfunctional family i grew up in - denial, manipulation, insanity, if the part offends - cut it off.
So, i think i will start out there. and see where it takes me. i used to write poetry, and illustrate them. i love to doodle with numbers and lines and alphabet letters, let them flow into picture - poems. i think i will just let the immediacy of the words flow.
my name is martha, and i am a craftswoman.
1 comment:
The mountains have a grizzle of snow. I love that line. Just right!
I am looking forward to learning more about the items you create and the process you go through. It's always inspiring to listen to an artist. I think art is contagious!
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