I have to do my taxes. My mother is coming this weekend which means I need to scrub the entire house. My laundry is in competition with my dirty dishes to see who can accumulate faster. But after reading a friends blog and realizing that I couldn't even remember my password for this one I decided to shelf it all and write a post.



It will be a short one. Baby steps.



I have been helping Steven set up a blog with his artwork. Since moving to Brattleboro four years ago he has sporadically painted. This is frustrating to me because he used to paint all the time. I have many photos of Lydia wearing a paint covered garbage bag in her dad's studio. Steven was always the person who actually produced art, while I have been the super procrastinator of our duo. My taxes?



I like being around people that create. I like to say it inspires me. But it inspires me no more than reading Martha Stewart Living. "Oh.... your tinting your walls with homemade paint made with milk, tell me more" is interchangeable with "wow look at these Victorian sculptures made from real human hair that Martha collects". I genuinely love to see what others create, but with me it's all about the ideas.



RECENT IDEAS BY ME

1. block printing or silk screening on textiles then making curtains (I've thought about this a lot lately mostly because it involves a book I want that costs $50)

2. making some spring clothes for Lydia, I swear I've been designing clothes in my mind for her for 10 years (yes I know she is 7)

3. write a book about finding my dad, also not a new idea, yet seems to reemerge with change of seasons

4.make a quilt about the Owl and the Pussycat

I could go on and on.

Luckily I have friends who do amazing things. They do all sorts of great things. I have a friend that writes screenplays (even one titled after me). I have a dear friend that knits beautiful clothing and clever animals. Another good friend is rehabbing a Gothic style home. At Lydia's birthday party she got a homemade hula-hoop for the love of god.