Woodblock Printing is Cool!

(Artist: Jackie Denning)

I hope I can actually do it. Taking a class with one of my favorite art people (well just favorite people with or without the art) and really hoping to learn a lot. I still can't wrap my brain around doing more than 1 of the same block to get colors, or carving the same block but cutting out some areas... ooof. To much for the pea noggin, but hopefully it will be a little like learning a magic trick, once you've got it you've got it. My problem is I don't have the patience to be exacting... we'll see how it goes. I can't wait to see how it turns out. I wonder if I'll actually finish? hmmmm... stay tuned

Happy Easter

Had a nice time with family and friends over the weekend. A non-conventional Easter, but nice just the same.

9 more days until the woodblock class starts, I've got some good images, but I wonder what will turn out the best?

Excitement!!

It's trying to be Spring

Slowly upon slowly the flowers are appearing trying to wake up and stretch out in the warm daylight. But alas the cold spring, wet and windy is still upon us, making us wait anxiously. Making the buds and early bearers of spring life want to bed back down... crawl back in and wake up later on mid Sunday afternoon. That's what I feel like... can you tell?

Thanks Magnolia for being courageous and blazing the way with your delicate yet hearty blooms. It's hard to remember that this happens every single year.

Spring...rain

Rain, rain, rain

chance of showers

Rain

Tulips, daffodills

Rain, rain, rain.

Cherry blossoms, hints of spring

partly cloudy

Rain.

Sun bursts, downpours

Rain, rain, rain.

Healing Wall Project

Some talented program therapists at work are busy creating a healing wall. It's an interesting project of putting together tiles that patients and staff have painted to express the healing journey. I'm excited to see how it's going to turn out. They assembled about 100 tiles and it didn't take up a very big area, but it had quite an impact being all together. I painted 2 tiles and one turned out pretty well, and I didn't care for the colors on the other one... but that's okay... it's all part of the journey :)

April 2011

Wow... it's been a whole year since my last post (unbelievable). I'm very much looking forward to a class at M.E.C.C.A on carving blocks and making block prints... is it May yet? Thanks JB for the info, your my link to "real life" :)

Unbelievable!

6 weeks ago we learned of an incredible earthquake that literally crushed the life out of Haiti; so many were killed and horrific news of mass graves and trucks of bodies were streamed across the airwaves breaking hearts and calling many to help in any way possible.

Amidst the news of so much death and injury, we were wondering about our sweet Yvierta, if she survived, if she was laying in a hospital somewhere or worse. I had sent word with several people who had gone, knowing there was little chance in the millions of hearing anything... but then just yesterday, a phone call came. Unbelievably a simple message was left on my voicemail that Yvierta was found alive, she's uninjured and living in a tent camp because her home was destroyed. And that was all... that's what we know. And of course I'm relieved and overjoyed that she is okay, but also sad at her living conditions, I feel a little helpless about what to do and how to help her. I wish I could sweep her up and bring her home with me and erase all the trauma from her young life...

So I'm going to send as much support as I can, and be involved with J.'s fundraiser for a music school. Maybe somehow they will connect with each other and help heal each other. It's the first time I've felt like praying and giving thanks in a long time...