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Focus. I needz sum.
Okay, so I spend too much time looking at lolcats, but I'm still struggling with the issue of focus. I love the jewelry I've been knotting and have way more designs floating in my head and on paper than I can complete in a year or 7, but there's so much more I want to do.
Like playing with fabric, and fabric and beads, and fabric, beads and ribbon. And digital work, playing with brushes and filters and my photographs. OH and I have more photographs to take for my cemetary documentation project and LOOK! something shiny!
*bangs head on desk*
If it were that I only had one passion it would be so easy to focus, but that seems to be my challenge. Last night, I had occasion to present one of my necklaces to my friend Aubrey. Just a little background...she's the daughter of some of my oldest and dearest friends on the planet and she's just turned 25. She's a wetlands biologist (which means she's in her element chasing, catching and photographing reptiles) and has recently discovered that she likes being girly...sometimes. I took it upon myself to make sure that she's properly attired whilst being girlie, so I made her a sunstone and pearl necklace. She opened the box, her eyes got wide and she ooh'd and ahh'd over it. Then she asked where I got it and seemed surprised when I told her that I made it.
It seems that she wasn't surprised that I made it, but that I could do this *too*. Her question was..."What can't you do?" My response...I don't know. There has yet to be anything that I've tried my hand at that I haven't whooped in some way shape or form. That, in itself is a problem. I love the challenge of learning something new.
Ah well...Time to go look at more shiny things...
Like playing with fabric, and fabric and beads, and fabric, beads and ribbon. And digital work, playing with brushes and filters and my photographs. OH and I have more photographs to take for my cemetary documentation project and LOOK! something shiny!
*bangs head on desk*
If it were that I only had one passion it would be so easy to focus, but that seems to be my challenge. Last night, I had occasion to present one of my necklaces to my friend Aubrey. Just a little background...she's the daughter of some of my oldest and dearest friends on the planet and she's just turned 25. She's a wetlands biologist (which means she's in her element chasing, catching and photographing reptiles) and has recently discovered that she likes being girly...sometimes. I took it upon myself to make sure that she's properly attired whilst being girlie, so I made her a sunstone and pearl necklace. She opened the box, her eyes got wide and she ooh'd and ahh'd over it. Then she asked where I got it and seemed surprised when I told her that I made it.
It seems that she wasn't surprised that I made it, but that I could do this *too*. Her question was..."What can't you do?" My response...I don't know. There has yet to be anything that I've tried my hand at that I haven't whooped in some way shape or form. That, in itself is a problem. I love the challenge of learning something new.
Ah well...Time to go look at more shiny things...
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Comment by Sandi Wedemeier on July 5, 2008 at 12:23pm - OY! Organizing...I needz sum of that too! That seems to be a constant struggle too, but I think I finally have it down, but that will change radically again soon too!
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Comment by Fairywebmother on July 3, 2008 at 2:04pm
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LOL...we have so much in common. :) Focus is hard to come by, when one has so many options!
Ah, well...I need to go organize my shiny things. LOL.
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