i love the sun light on my page, with the shadow of the string and the light, hi-lighting fear...demanding you to look at it.

just like fear can do....

it starts with a little fear....a little weed of doubt in the corner of my mind. and then, there is another little weed- backing up that fear, that first weed of doubt that was planted....

but, i am not going to feed the fear.

here is my full project for one little word for september which was fear.

i shared my fear yesterday with the sneak peek, but, what i need to do is to be strong, and keep focused on my art dream....and keep those darn weeds of doubt out.

because the light is so close on this dream...close enough to see and believe.

to believe....in my dream.

one little word {February & March }: calm and dream

my one little word inspiration for february came from playing with the documented life in my moleskin journal. remember a while back when i spilled the ink onto my moleskin? i used that and incorporated the spill into my OLW project for february which featured the word calm.

March is my word- dream...to me, pushes me to make more art, and keep dreaming bigger, and believe in my creative self. the first year after i had gotten into an art gallery and sold my art work, my husband bought me a ring that said, "Be true to your Dreams...." to remind me to keep dreaming and making art.

have you seen the American Family Insurance commercial featuring dreams? watch the commercial here and listen to the words. this embodies my whole thought on dreams....always dream....

i painted this project onto a cigar box. i love the runs on the side of the box. i wrote the whole commercial onto the box to keep in my studio and if i am having a bad day and inspiration is lacking- i will look at this box and read the words again to remind myself to dream.

if you play along with all of us at OLW, we have a fabulous list of give-away's! there will be 4 wonderful grab bags for four lucky people who play along with us. you have until april 14 to play along and qualify for the grab bags.

Incite Dreams Realized- certainly my dream is.....

almost a year ago i took the plunge and put myself out there and attempted to be published in a book that was calling for mixed media artists.

 if you have been following for a while you will know that one of my artistic goals was to be published for the past several years. this of course requires me to actually submit something however and to accept the possibility of hearing those words that you did not make it in; you were not chosen.

i finally submitted last fall and figured i was out because i had not heard anything yet and low and behold....i received an email message saying i had been chosen!! it has been a long wait, but, today i am a step closer to seeing my work published.

check out this link! i was even more excited when i was checking out the link and my work was one that was chosen as a preview (i am the last one....Dayzees)- holy cow...seriously, it is a good thing i am sitting down right now cuz i could be pushed over with a feather.....