A book is a dream…

I make so many false starts when I make art. I don’t document then very often, as I usually recycle them, squish them, paint over them, or hand them off to my children to tear and cut up into collages.

This time, I decided to give the false start away with the finalized artwork. I started off very enthused about using the polka dot theme my colleague was using in her new baby’s nursery. Partway through, I came up with a different approach – more aerial and dream-like.  And so, I abandoned the polka dots.  In the end, I gave her both. I know, I know, total cop-out and not having to decide to throw it out, right?

Sorry, Morgan, I promise I wasn’t trying to put the decision-making on your shoulders. One time, I was all ready to throw out my false start art for a friends’ tropical themed wedding gift, but she asked to see it and ended up wanting it as well. When I’m my worst critic, I send along the false starts now as well.  I’ll happily dispose of false starts if I am passing along a terrible task, as I have read Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, and really appreciated her entire section on gift-giving.

In other news, despite the loud silence on this blog, I have been extremely busy and productive as of late – my own artwork, school samples, cooking, baking, organizing, decorating, and crafting. You name it – I’ve been working on it.  My hours have been spent creating, not documenting as of late.  Be prepared for a floodgate of posts on here at some point…