Mojo ran away with Muse

Is Mojo the same as Muse? Probably, but in my world they are separate but work hand in hand. A while back I had lost my Muse but still had the Mojo that makes me who I am.. Loosing the Muse that allows me to be creative is one of the worst things that could happen to me. It wasn't a gradual loss, it was from one night to morning event. I went to bed and woke up empty. Wishing I could do art, wanting to do art and I just didn't know where to begin. The time that passed was an eternity. My friend suggested wine, but that just seemed like a fake way to recovery. This was a loss comparable to the loosing a close family member. The emptiness consumed me and slowly started to kill my Mojo.

Suddenly one day I opened my eyes and realized  that I needed stop trying to waken the sleeping Muse and simply relax and wait. The time that passed which seemed like the biggest waste ever, allowed this over worked muse to rest, recover and renew itself. Just as it had vanished it reappeared in the early stages of my REM sleep. When I woke I was happy to know that I was back in business. But I then realized that I was so lost in my sadness that I had become useless. With Mojo and Muse back together I still couldn't create.

Im the process of waiting for my two M's to reunite I had lost my Will. With out the Will to work with my M's I had no reason or direction. So I wanted to create art, could create art and I had no reason to do it anymore. I began going back in time to where I was content making art, a year ago. Once I recovered that feeling and those memories I had given myself a reason to make art again. And so I have began a new line of jewels that will be posted in the next couple of day...

Happy? Not really but slowly getting there with the help pf my 2 M's and W.....

SOME DRAWINGS

These are done by hand and colored with either color pencils or photoshop. Enjoy

My box...my box, my box, my box...........Makes me Happy

After watching the beginning of "Designer People' in the Ovation channel featuring Jurgen Mayer the architect, I was inspired. The organic shapes and fluidity of his work is exactly what I was looking for with out even know I was looking for it. My choice in design and when designing is based on a feeling, Happy. Jurgen Mayer's work made me Happy, not some of it but the whole spectrum. When I create and design shape, colors and composition, is what determines the final product. At times it helps to define the function but for me function isn't always essential when creating the types of art I do.

This box's functions was already determined by the person who built it, but for me it wasn't a Happy box. After watching the bit of show it happened. I began to draw and painted the rest shortly after. 

Enjoy, because I did.

Acorn Creations

These neck pieces sit so well and so comfortably on the neck. They are warm and preciosas, made out of my beloved acorns. The setting is typical of the semi precious necklaces out now worn by the best of the best. That's all I can say for now since blogging with a 2yo around in impossible...Enjoy..........

LA LA LA LA LA LADY BUGS BA BA BA BA BA BUTTERFLIES

Out of playing cards and magazine came to life this set of Butterflies. Their design is consistent but the pattern changes with each one. Each ones patters is dictated by the magazine images used. Three more are still in the chrysalis and should have hatched by the end of the week. These will be followed by another deck of smaller Butterflies done in the same fashion but with a different pattern on the wings...