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Well I’ve done it… added one more thing for myself to do during the day. I figure this is important for me as well as maybe interesting for you… I need a journal of sorts to keep track of what I am doing and what I am working on and where I am heading. I get so many things going at one time that I can barely function. I am home by myself for the first time in 7 YEARS! (yes really) and am finding myself all of a sudden lacking direction and scared. Well until my friend Gale hart called and invited us to take part in a year long project of hers “A Bitchin’ Space”. It is a collaboration project - movement (according to the paper), that has all the “cool” artists taking part. I gladly accepted the challenge as well as my husband. But then here it was. My first piece to start. What do I do? A Uterus. Yep, that’s right, a uterus with screaming faces inside and an abstract pattern up along the top. Needless to say No One wanted to work with my uterus. I guess a uterus isn’t a big inspiration for many artists to work off of. So she found someone willing to give it a try and he turned it into a cool piece. I got a bunch of grief from it though. There went my newly found creative self esteem down the drain. I am a bit touchy after 13 of years of gallery showings and then kids, and then no time, and then now feeling like I am starting over. So I picked up a second piece. My husband an inspiration when I need help brought out a piece I had started a while back. he had been thinking about it for over a year… He said “look at how wonderful this is, how cool!” and I looked and saw it. My inspiration for this new collaboration. So I did and it turned out fantastic and got a “wow” from the group… I picked up a third piece to finish with my husband. Our first collaboration together. It was finished today, and I must say I am impressed. So I am BACK… my creativity is coming back. It got another wow… The show opens this weekend. Come on by and see. I will be there trying to feel like a confident artist again…