Like trying to watch 50 movies in 50 days. What was I thinking????
Probably what I pretty much always think :
"I'd like to learn how to quilt. I think I will make a king sized log cabin quilt made of clothes that I wore when I was 13."
"I'd like to learn how to sculpt. I think I will try a life sized sculpture of an indian on a horse leaping over a burning covered wagon."
"I'd like to learn how drive stick shift. I think I will drive my friend's car through rush hour traffic in Chicago."
What is it with the inspiration causing me to leap off the cliff of imagination? I mean really?
This part of me is good in that I will try anything absolutely anything once, but bad in that I have abandoned so many things without finishing. So many things.
So many times I would feel guilty that once again, I am not finishing what I said I was going to do, but now I think I am embracing that about myself a bit more. I just need to keep my big yap closed and not make statements like:
"Every Monday for the next three years I am going to complete a work of art and post it here!"
No, Faith, you're not. Why not just do the two works of art you actually will finish and post them? Why make it such a show?
So what have I been doing during the time I was supposed to be watching period films to critique here?
I have been working on a new purse for myself
I finished the breast collar and belt I was making for a friend who trims and shoes Kitten's feet for me
I cleaned and oiled all my tack
I have been making notepads with this padding compound I ordered online
I have been making the cutest hats for my sister to sell this summer
I have been riding Kitten a little bit more, loving her a lot more, and getting ready to start her barrel training.
So, all in all, not bad, huh? I am learning to embrace the flow, and keep those grand "I'm going to..." statements to myself.
