Goals for the new year
It seems like everyone’s making resolutions and setting goals this time of year and it started me thinking about my own:
Gradually reorganize and reclaim my claying table.
It never lasts - I always end up working in a 4-6 inch square area surrounded by shaky piles of supplies and tools. But getting that clear space to start with always gets my inspiration going. Somehow my mind hates an empty space I think and longs to fill it with clay and clutter 
Improve my sculpting skills.
I’ll be taking a class with Christopher Long in Mystic, CT. Then I think I’ll start looking at some art and anatomy books and doing some studying.
Make some stuff.
Generic enough? I want to make some sculpted relief wall pieces, some sculptures in a slightly larger scale than my usual jewelry using beach rocks as bases, and of course some kaleidoscopes.
Have fun.
I want to dabble and doodle a bit this year, with no particular purpose in mind, just because I feel like it. I’m also going to try to scale back on anything that’s becoming a drudgery, cancel some magazine subscriptions that have nothing I like in them, etc.
Doesn’t sound too ambitious, does it? But I think I need to take some time off this year to ground myself a bit and just enjoy making things.