In April I will be teaching a workshop for the Hoffman Center for the Arts. I'm calling it Mindful Art. They asked me to create an image for publicity. It started out to be a personal mandala, but quickly turned into one about my thoughts and feelings regarding my children. It's amazing how impossible it is to keep yourself out of your art. I had a wonderful conversation about this with a fellow artist during my opening reception for the Hoffman Center in January. It reminds me of a thought that often comes into my head, "No matter where I go, there I am." And obviously, no matter where I go, my kids are with me heart and soul.
The Waters Appear
The scriptures say the Lord created all things. I'm getting just a small taste of that as I create dry land, and now water. I can't imagine what it would be like to create the real thing. It's fun to simply try to recreate it in 2D form. But to some extent creating is creating is creating. And no matter how we each do it, in our own individual ways, there is something about standing back, looking at it, and seeing that "it is good".