'life is what happens
while you're busy making other plans.'
~ john lennon
- the sky did not fall down because i hadn't made any new jewelry for the show yesterday... and i did meet lots of wonderful people!
- when we push too hard and get too taxed, all it takes is one drizzly day to make you realize how wiped out you are...
- the right tools and materials make ALL of the difference... i took a great class from susan lenart kazmer... came home all excited (so seriously excited) to use the technique at home only to fall flat on my face... i was heartsick... of course i had sawed out 2 super cool (to me) copper shapes and wrecked them in the process - live and learn... note:: hardware store flux(for soft solder) does not work on hard solder... so i got what i needed... tested it last night on scraps and proved to myself that i was able to hard solder 2 pieces of copper together...
- as i adjusted my attitude about the show and relaxed a bit with emily i remembered that the art exhibit i had committed to was having its intake the next day while i was going to be at the show! so at 10:30pm the non-night owl was finishing her projects...
this one got satin-y ribbon, cassette ribbon from cat stevens' buddha and the chocolate box and a long wire spiral to dangle from the bottom hole... it is a small wall hanging...
- have you ever noticed that when you have lots of components made up and ready to go ---
these were going to be used for earrings for the fair...
all of a sudden you discover the need to do something else?
- a wise woman used the word 'play' recently... and i realized that in having deadlines of all sorts (and being of a more serious personality type) i was preventing myself from doing just that... everything i was doing had a purpose (not a bad thing, but over time and with no break it becomes draining)... and so today i allowed myself to experiment... and it was good...
- now all i have to do is make those dreaded ear wires! :0)
- but i will actually have some inventory in my etsy shop when i am done...
- what puts it all in perspective for me often is the night sky - standing beneath the vast, complex, ancient nature of it... because of the cloud cover last night we could see the 9/11 tribute in light ...
