Secrets in the Studio

My bisque ware bird nests in someone's sculpture.

Mysterious unfinished objects.

Long Lost Brothers

Overtaken teacups.

              

Something made by the Swede Swissman Swiss Swiss man.

It is Time

Spring, you may come now.  Christmas sweater patterns across my path were captivating for a time, but now it's nearly April.

... but remember?  Snow revealed creature tracks and pretty objects protruding from white, and crunched sweetly when I stepped.  How charming the world is under snow.  I feel the same about this long winter and the coming spring as I do about college and the approaching end of this adventure.  I am eager to finish and yet my heart breaks and longs for nothing to change.

Such a confusing blend of mundane and magical.

The Bashful Squirrel

Tutorial on how to lose much needed sleep. 

1. Wait until late at night, when you should be asleep and you've lost all rationality. 

2. Think long and hard about little animals and their interactions with each other until a certain conversation between two birds and a bashful squirrel becomes extremely important to you. 

3. Spend a few hours drawing this important moment between said creatures. Be sure to draw on paper that does not hold watercolor. 

4. Watercolor. Notice that paper doesn't want you to paint it and makes the process difficult. Don't give up. 

5. Magically lose the paintbrush you were just holding. 

6. Don't let lost paintbrush deter you from losing sleep. Find a new brush. 

7. Cry. (Optional) 

8. Post your masterpiece on Facebook so your parents can be proud of the good choices you are making as an adult your senior year of college. 

9. Whatever you do, don't think about what you are doing or look at the clock until you've reached this point, and I guarantee you will have lost valuable sleep! Congratulations, you'll feel fantastic in the morning!