Book Arts

Some time ago I made my first book sculpture. Recently I had it photographed professionally for a show entry. Love these photos!

 

Makes me want to curl up with a good book!

 

 

 

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Perfection.....or not?

Well, I've been struggling a bit with letting go....letting go and of making things just right....you know, ...perfection.

It's kind of funny, really, because I don't really care if many things are perfect, but the more I delve into the world of art, the more I seem to be looking for perfection. I find myself wanting to discard things that I think aren't perfect, I find myself being more and more critical of the work I am doing.

SOOOOOOOO, I need to let go. I need to breathe and accept. I need to explore the possibilities. If something isn't exactly to my liking, what if it were allowed to become something else? This is what I am striving for, this is my new goal for my art.

Vision

Somewhere there is something incredible waiting to be known. ~ Carl Sagan

Change

Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. ~ Tom Peters

Possibiliby

Dwell in possibility. ~ Emily Dickinson

Becoming

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart! Bring forth a flower. ~ Shigenori Kameoka

Patience is a Virtue....

In The Mummy (first one), Rachel Weisz' character, while trying to decipher some ancient Egyptian is prodded along by her brother. Amidst the chaos of his "hurry up" chatter, she says "Patience is a Virtue" in her British accent and a sing-song voice.

Now perhaps I should be quoting the bible rather than Rachel Weisz, but whenever I am frustrated and start to tell myself to relax, breathe, and have patience, her sing-song voice comes into my head...and it makes me smile.

Today I have been so frustrated, her sing-song voice has been in my head ALL DAY! Luckily I am not sick of it yet....because I've certainly needed that constant reminder.

Patience and I have had a very troubled relationship over the years. Some days, weeks, months, I am just fine and we get along swimmingly. Other times....well not so much. Those are the times when I contemplate physical violence with cartoon ferocity and then I suck in my breath and look for that good old inner strength to sustain me through the moments.

Neuroscience will tell you that when you are stressed blood flow to the frontal cortex is limited...and the frontal cortex is responsible for those reasonable and rational thoughts that we can all be capable of. As the blood is restricted we rely on our mammalian brain....that part nearer the brain stem that tells us to freeze, fight or flee. Apparently I am in the fighting mode!!

Thank goodness there is still some blood flow at the front of my brain or all hell would break lose!!

Just writing about this has brought my blood pressure down and my face out of its grimace... Patience also looks much prettier.

What do you do to stay patient?