I have recently recovered from a stiff neck that kept me from doing anything for a few days. I could not turn my head at all. Super frustrating, but while I had trouble doing everything, I did realize just how much time is in a day, and more in a night. I vowed to make better use of my time. I have been drawing every day, which is helping too. Getting the drawing muscles back in shape feels good - like the start of a new adventure in a favorite old location.
I had been thinking about the little books I had those students do ( see the previous post) and all the benefits. So I took a small strip of white muslin and folded it up like a fan, stitched down the center and made a little book that has 8 fabric pages, each about the size of a baseball card. I left the frayed edges and I have been using a scrap of cardstock to support it while I do little drawings with markers or colored pencils. There is something really nice about this tiny thing. It is an interesting object on its own, and with each little drawing I add it gets better. I may have stumbled onto a good thing. For me, working on fabric as if it was paper has helped re awaken a part of me that had been asleep fro a long time.
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