a little bit of life...

 even though i've been going through a bit of a rough time

these past couple of days... i forced myself to play with color

in my studio. it really helped bring me back up into the light

and out of the darkness a bit... not painting anything specific,

just adding color to masonite boards with stamps and paint

 lots of boards and lots of color...

 and new carved stamps

 and my kitchen altar cleaned up a bit with some new additions:)

 and a new studio space!!! this is my classroom office at school.

it's a little sanctuary that has been up until last week, a storage

space for student work and totally unusable... so i cleaned it

and plan to use it for the rest of the year as yet another place to

make art. today i had a light class load, so i painted - yes - more boards.

 and then... had such a treat! was invited to walk at sherwood isle

with a friend. i was just thinking in the morning, how amazing

it would be to see the beach, to be around water... and minutes

later she asked if i would come on a walk with her at one of

her favorite places!

 even in the greyness and rain, it was beautiful and smelled beachy...

we walked and talked and listened and laughed... it was medicine

and healing for a weary soul. it started to rain and get cold

so we ran for shelter to have some decaf lattes and browse at

our favorite store.

i am definitely feeling in better spirits... still have questions,

but hoping to stay more in the moment, give the analyzing a break

and do the things i love to do...

namaste,

j