Recently you saw my 'messy' table -- filled to the brim with this and that -- all leading me toward a new experiment. And here that table is today!
Before beginning a new project I did a MAJOR clean out. Oh my goodness -- it took me several days. Not only did I clean off my work tables I cleaned out boxes. Wow, what things you find when you take down a box and go through everything.
Who knows how long things will stay tidy -- but for now, not only is my studio cleaned and ordered it feels like my mind is also. "It must be great to know what you want to do. I've got no idea at all. I just go from one day to the next." Whisper of the heart - 1995"
How do we know when 'enough is enough'? If you visit with me often you know that I go full bore into something, testing, making, talking and writing about it. And then, one day, sort of like a bit of fog or smoke - elusive - I know that its time to move on or over or back. Its time for me to experiment once again.
Thus this messy table has appeared. It's covered with bits and pieces of fabric, with buttons and bobbles and beads. All waiting for my next passion. How blessed I am to be able to sense a discomfort and refill my mind and hands with a something different and challenging.
"Part of the elasticity that you need, in order to continue to create, is the foregone conclusion that not all of it is going to be fabulously successful. But it's all going to be part of a long lifetime body of experimentation." - Elizabeth Gilbert
