I have a small book with many, many karmic sayings. When I picked it up the other day, I read “give up something that limits you”. I have decided to stop saying to myself “I’m not really an artist” and instead be the artist that I am and can be. I am even an artist with a philosophy – That each new day brings a new beginning which we can shape to create our own destiny. New thoughts feel so good.

It’s 2:37am and I’ve been awakened by the musical notes of snore, snore, snore…  I turn and give a jab, jab, jab at my hubby’s arm, he turns over and the snoring stops.  5:11am the snoring starts again and I get out of bed – get a glass of water and some frozen chocolate donettes and go up to my studio.  What better way to start the day than to blog.  This is my first and hopefully not my last.  The early morning hours are when my most creative thoughts start flowing.  I had started a needle felted rendering of your house last week using my new technique of creating a wet felted background with the basic colors of the yard, house, etc. and will needle felt the finer details.  I haven’t been inspired to work on it probably due to knowing that it’s supposed to represent our home and I guess I may or the family may be critical of the outcome.  I’ll get over it but it’s sometimes hard to be creative knowing that there are critics (me being the worst) out there.  I feel great joy from the positive reviews I receive and yet feel greatly injured from the non-responsive or negative remarks.  I try not to let this impact future endeavors and tell myself that everyone’s different and it’s ok to not like my art.