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Horses and Chickens
Sometimes life gets the best of us and stress takes over. I truly believe that laughter is good medicine. If I find myself being bogged down with life I try to step back and notice life around me. There just might be that brief moment where something funny can help get me back on track. Here is a journal entry from years ago. Friday, September 15, 2006 Just at the moment when I need something in my life to make me laugh…. I was having dinner with some friends last night on their farm in Prospect. It’s a very beautiful part of town with a lot of land. The whole…
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The Potter’s Wheel and Creativity
I wrote a blog awhile back on missing my creativity and my clay work. I have gotten my tools back, I have purchased the clay and I have the longing to get back to my work. But I have no space to do this. I tried creating a little corner in the basement but it’s a basement! Okay, Shannon, use your creativity to imagine how this could work! Paint the walls a bright color, hang magazine photos that inspire! Open the box of clay and breathe in it’s earthy scent! DO IT! Today I watched a post on Facebook of an artist who was working on his wheel and an…