Layering Flow

Smelling lavender 

Shiloh says “stinks like trash can 

with a pie in there”

By layering everything, as it occurs I let the thread reveal itself.  And it always will if I stay true to myself, my ideas. I embrace the mantra "go with the flow." As ideas arise, I layer them onto my many canvases; my work, my art, my writing. I allow them to be part of each composition. I trust the process. Amy Krause Rosenthal says, "Pay attention to what you pay attention to." I listen to my body and pay attention. 

It’s become a discipline, going into my studio at 7:30 each morning when it’s quiet and do something. Organize fabric into piles of colors I like, perhaps. Or pay attention and craft a text into a haiku then search for the perfect photo from this summer’s beach trip.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi describes this flow in an interview with Wired magazine as, ". . . being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost."