1230 (charge of quarters)

"You Get a Hot Potato, You Pass it On"

(Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul  D.N.A.)

1229 (seek you)

"Riding Shotgun in the Sky"

(nerf shotgun - of course)

1228 (what for?)

"Pan is Disappearing"

(and yet there's something in the air)

1227 (whatever)

"Fifteen"

(thoughts were elsewhere)

almost like permission to not care

1226 (medicine)

"How Low Can it Go"

(ditto - yesterday's blog post verbiage)

1225 (play)

"Clear No Doubt Maybe"

(sometimes they go both ways)

Having done what could be done to explore one concept for over a year I decided to move on.  I am having withdrawal symptoms.  In this case they could be called re-drawal symptoms. 

I jumped into a string of so many poor and/or mediocre at best works.  Doing this while I have walls and flat-file drawers of what can be considered some very good works.  It is causing the questions - the indecision - the doubt - the lack of satisfaction that I was accustomed to avoiding.  And I continue to hope this is the correct decision.    

Wherever I am going is beginning to take a toll on my conviction that moving on was such a good idea.  To stop using twigs and sticks as a staring point.  To stop considering myself the arbiter and illustrator of what was surrounding the twig and its essence.  To stop being the person who gave these pieces of trees new life.  To stop being their admirer.  The one who was attempting to receive what was actually so very special about these tree bones constantly falling to the earth around us.  Being open to them.  Always looking.  Always practicing.  This is quite easy to miss and even yearn for.  I miss the scarecrow.  I can only hope I made the right decision and that I will eventually understand.  What I am doing.  Where I am going.  What moving on means.

Thank you for looking at this string of poor and/or mediocre at best works.  I must get beyond this.  I will keep going wherever that may be.  I will make it work.  However.  The sooner the better.  For both of us.  Thank You.

1224 (nice walk)

"Bolt Moving"

(bolt moving)

1223 (not realized)

"Slightly Lighter than Air"

(ever so slightly)

will try again

1222 (unnerved)

"The Pear that Confused a Spotlight"

(just stretch a little - it could happen)

1221 (conversation)

"Conversation with an Onion"

(you should have been there)

1220 (artifacts)

"Artifacts"

(soon to be no more than artifacts)

1219 (Rica's Birthday)

"This is not a Five"

(it's not really - no matter what you say)

1218 (one thousand two hundred eighteen)

"Villeroy&Boch New Wave"

(on a sushi plate)

1217 (statement)

"This is not a Pipe"

(but - you already knew that)

1216 (parenthetical)

"Fortessa Dragonfly - OOPS!"

(accidentally channeled a 2nd rate 50's illustrator)

1215 (pi day)

"Today's Slice of pi"

(because nobody can have the whole pi)

1214 (not skipping numbers)

"This is Not a Lug Wrench"

(just ask René)

1213 (not counting forwards)

"Dansk Torun Meets Yellow Ochre"

(stainless steel wins - gouache takes a beating)

1212 (not repeating)

"I Like Red"

(stolen title - maybe borrowed)

1211 (not counting backwards)

"Only Three of the Five"

(Sasaki "Wallis" missing salad fork and teaspoon)

1210 (do you know when)

"carry it to the captain"

(I break rocks)

1209 (crossed the line)

"Treading Watercolor"

1208 (what about straight)

"The Demonstrative Child"

1207 (all blogs go to heaven)

"Five for the One of Stones"

(5 - 1 = 4  Michael Heizer)

1206 (what about sticks)

"Four for the Two of Forks"

1205 (where's the drive)

"Three for the Three of Knives"

(that makes me feel better)

1204 (what about more)

"Three for the Three of Dessert Forks"

(this might be the worst work I have ever posted)

1203 (what about me)

"Two for the Four of Spoons"

1202 (what about you)

"One for the Five of Bamboo"