ralph waldo

after all my people left this morning, i started my day on my computer ... and this quote dropped into my inbox .... one of the quote a day things i get .... and i loved it ... so i wrote it down ... luckily i just happen to have a pile of prepainted notecards ready to go .... i actually need to make some more .... i like the idea of acknowledging blunders and absurdities ... i like that rwe called the yucky parts of the day blunders and absurdities .... and i've always been a firm believer, with scarlett o'hara, that tomorrow is a new day .... and i like the idea that i can start a day serenely AND with high spirit .... those usually seem diametrically opposed to me ... but i like the idea of serene, zen, calm AND high spirit, go go go, zippity do dah, start the day ....

finish every day and be done with it ... this morning i checked my fitbit stats and my sleep stat says it took me 2 minutes to fall asleep last night... two whole entire minutes between the day and trying to be asleep .... i rocked that whole emerson "be done with " the day thing ....

drawing .....

i've made a lot of notecards this year .... for the ICAD art card challenge ... and just for myself to hang up or give away .... this ice cream cone is reminiscent of the ice cream cones i drew with the emmaus house kids at summer camp ... i taught a drawing/doodling/coloring class ....

 i didn't snap any pics of the kids' ice cream cones ... but above are some robots .... and below, cupcakes. yum.

so i've been drawing more than ever .... notebooks full of doodles and ideas! i'm not as inclined to blog all of it as i am finished canvases ... but just in case you were wondering what i was doing, now you know.

bananas and pottery

i've been in love with pottery this summer.  i've been taking an evening class with a best pal ... and it has been awesome in a way that it hasn't been for a while: i think about it A LOT when i'm not there ... i have plans and ideas and notions ...

 i need to find about 20 gift giving events to release some of my newly fired inventory out into the world .....

bright colors and textures make these align with my canvases too .... 

and orange ... orange is the best.

new thing...

so a friend added/invited me to a new facebook page ... well new to me .... it is for local artisans and locals looking for hand made .... well ... i do hand made ... hand made artsy stuff ... so i signed up and posted some pics of some 12 by 12 canvases ...i'm not sure anything will come of it ... it kinda seems TOO easy, right .... here's the page .... it's called intown atlanta handcrafted marketplace .... IAHM ... it's a mouthful ...

and these are the paintings/collages that i have listed ..... wish me luck ... we'll see where this goes ..... worth a try!