broken dishes stockpile

broken dishes stockpile, originally uploaded by a stitch in the ditch.

I was blown away by this series of quilts done by Melissa Vogley Woods.
She is an Artist  who quilts and paints and sometimes paints quilts.
I love the literal logs on the boy and the broken dish pattern in the quilt.
She has done lots of gallery shows and I wish that someday I could see her work. For now, there is Flickr and her Website and Blog and that will suffice.
Seeing them up close and in person might just make me so happy that I would implode like a dying star.

Art inspires me and fills me up with provoking images and helps me sort through my desires. What do I want to make today? That is not really the question for me. It's more like what do I feel like making?

If I don't feel like it then it isn't going to turn out very well. I have tried. It doesn't flow. Some projects languish, untouched until the muse whispers, please, oh please; begs to be picked up and finished.

Only after I can see it.

See it in my minds eye.

Some things come together easily and some take infinite time to coalesce  into what they will become.

Fusing into the final piece. Becoming something from nothing.

So, I am working and I can't show and tell because it is for possible publication and that is so difficult, my sweet calamities. I have grown used to showing everything and when I have an opportunity like this I suffer from not putting it here for you to see and give me feedback. It has become my habit. So, now I need to break that habit and in the next few weeks I will try really hard to show and tell about other peoples work that inspires me.
My Blog has changed so much since I began it and it has become less personal and more focused on my work.
I don't put as much time and effort into it as I used to and I hope you are not disappointed but will hang on with me while I change direction, and we move to a higher ground.
I used to set up pictures and photo shoots all through the house and I don't have that kind of time anymore.

Even now, as I write this I hear the clock ticking and know that I must finish and get to stitching.

More stitching, less bitching? sounds like a plan.

Happy Monday, sweet bloggy friends.

I just turned the calendar, late to May and it is Cinco de Mayo already! Where does the time go?

Comments

[Natalie]

Hay caramba!
5 de Mayo?
Your blog is as wonderful as ever, and this devotee enjoys whatever you find time to share. Trust me, you are grand. Keep stitching!

[That Lexi Girl]

WoW, What amazing art quilts. They are so inspiring. Thanks for sharing your treasures.

[Victoria]

Lovely post, and sentiments.

Also, I am likewise blown away by Melissa Vogley Woods! Holy Moly!
I will definitely be checking out all of her various sites, thanks so much for sharing!