Tom Askman, my favorite Proff at Eastern Washington U, used to tell me that a painting would tell me when it was done. He said there would come a point when it would just *click*. An artist could work on a painting for years before that point came, and an artist had better not continue to work on a painting once it had informed that artist, that it was, in fact, complete. It’s a skill that I’ll probably work on my whole life. I am plagued with opportunities. When an art veiwer walks into a gallery, or watches an art performance, he sees only the choices that an artist has made to arrive with a particular product or process. When an artist veiws her own art, she only sees the thousands of possiblities that she abandoned on the way to what everyone else sees. I am never shy of ideas. On the contrary, I spend much of my time narrowing down and clarifying and simplifying my ideas. I’m 26, and I think that I have enough in my head to work on the rest of my life. I never wonder, “what am I going to do tonight?”. *sigh* This is not a compaint. I like being busy. I never have enough time. I am frustrated with waiting tables and this high school teaching that I do that is more like babysitting, simply because I have so many other things that I’d like to do and try. *grin* Let’s not understand that Laura doesn’t like teaching. I do. I also, despite my constant whining and repeated requests to go home, do like working at Red Robin waiting tables…most of the time. There is just so much that I would like to do! Tonight I couldn’t sleep (I don’t drink caffeine, but I felt so terrible today that I took some excedrin and it hasn’t left me yet), and my mind was reeling…planning the 15 different ways that I could complete my website. I visited websites of people that I admire. I mulled over my goals. I tried to sleep, listened to Jack Johnson…and then, at about 6:30 this morning literally heard *ding!* in my head and knew that the idea that was brewing in my mind was the perfect blend of all that had been stewing in my head. (you’ll all have to wait to see!). So, thanks Tom…you may hear it as a *click*, but this student hears *ding!* in her head. =) (maybe I’ll grow into the *click*?) so….go! create! Spend time doing what you like! See life for it’s opportunity, and please, check back here in a few weeks to see if my website will *ding!* for you. =)
*hugs*
elle

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