Just in case you drop in to this blog every now and then and were wondering…
And the good thing is that I’m starting to feel alive again. I’ve been tied up with excessive hours at work so long (since November) that I’d forgotten what it felt like.
When you’ve putting in that many hours it seems to sap your creative strength. Even when I had a bit of time here and there, I just didn’t have any energy or motivation to do anything. I hadn’t written since NaNoWriMo, or touched my clay since then either.
But a couple weeks ago I did go to the SCPCG Clay Weekend – 4 classes by our members and had a wonderful time. We did PMC, Faux Turquoise, Beading a Cabochon, and Cold Connections/Rivets. It was great.
And this last weekend I finally finished a dragon relief I’d started ages ago. It felt so good to finish something. That sensation of “I made this” and the sheer pleasure when you’re happy with something, can’t be replaced. Of course, I can see all the areas I could have improved, but that only makes me want to make something else and do even better next time.
Work is quieting down now (hopefully it will stay that way) and it’s time to pick up my life, dust it off, and get back to creating again 
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Welcome back to the land of the living- not just working! I missed you at the weekend because I was at a Lindly Huanani workshop in Lexington MA. Just wanted to say hi.
Lisa
Thanks, Lisa! It’s too bad you coudn’t make the Weekend of Clay but the Lindly workshop must have been fun.
Hopefully, I’ll see you at the guild meeting soon. I’m planning on making it this time. I can’t wait to see what everyone made.