Dandelions of the French Quarter

I found this image of a Victorian girl about half a year ago and was enchanted by her.

She just looks so happy to be where she is and doing precisely what she is doing.

It's a fantastic attitude to take through life.

Last week, I discovered that Berke Breathed had begun drawing "Bloom County" once more.  I adored Opus and Milo and Cutter John as a child.  I felt a tinge of that Victorian girl's joie de vivre.

I adored the way that Berke Breathed and his creations mixed serious politics with the whimsy of a child's bedtime story.

Well I remember the serious temptation of the dandelion as it sways on the breeze, seeds ready to fly.

How could I help but pay homage?

Have you seen me

While working on this piece, I was torn between the titles 

 "Have you seen me?" and "Got Milk"?

"Have You Seen Me?" finally won out.

The idea of the piece is simple enough: a lovely cow ballerina 

with her milk bottle balloon floating over a lake of milk.  

The milk lake and the sky give off a white winter landscape 

so it seemed like the perfect piece for today.

For me, by late January, winter has begun to seem endless.  

Too many cold, gray days leaves me longing hopelessly for spring, 

knowing that it is still many weeks away.

Steampunk Ideas

Over the course of a day, we have ideas.  

They drift in and out of our minds.  

A light bulb goes off here.   

An epiphany occurs there.  

A little later, a moment of serendipity.  

Too often, we have that bit of insight, 

a brilliant idea for an art series, and then 

just as quickly, it's gone.

Last year, I participated in a course of study,

"The Artists Way".  One of the main tenets 

of the course is the daily writing of three pages, 

every morning, without fail.  

The course helps you excavate into your past.  

It  helps you look for those moments of 

past trauma that are echoing into the now, 

possibly blocking the flow of your creativity.

I loved the course as well as the other participants.  

I felt like I gained a lot of insight into my past

 as well as my current struggles with my creative self.

The course wrapped up last December and 

I have made a point of continuing my daily pages.

When I have an idea, I now have a place where it is 
recorded for later (I underline and star those bits!)  

A lot of it is gibberish, venting, and a staging place 

for my plans for the day, but the ideas 
that appear on my daily pages delight me.

They are a delightful series of little light bulbs going off! 

 I am trying very hard not to let them fly away!

Happy New Year! - TAW challenge

Fly Away - TAW Balloon Challenge

I feel like I've been gone forever.

I am happy to have a piece ready for Take a Word!

Balloon Walk - Digitalmania challenge