Dear Makers,
On the coffee table is a reading project. On the side table, a stack of pencils and a journal; more books: a writing project. The kitchen table has a bag of clay, watercolors, another writing project, a bag of knitting, a box of fixtures from the (in progress) bathroom remodel. Another surface has a correspondence project on it. An embroidery project on another. That's just the main living area.
In my studio, in the stifling heat, I decided to count up the art/craft projects that are currently in make mode (mood?). I counted 12, plus 4 sub-projects, so 16, say. It felt a little overwhelming, or manic, or loony, so like anyone would, I thought what about combining this project with that one? What if I take these unfinished watercolor collage pieces and glue them onto the unfinished Cat Boxes? I mean, eleven Cat Boxes is probably more than the market (ha!) will bear. Although, to be sure, I have mailed away 4 and handed away one, so I am not up to my cardboard ears in them or anything. Yet.
Well, of course I thought this idea was perfect! The combinatory is my favorite dance move! The "cumulative gestures" as Rebecca Solnit writes. And, here is your song of the day, so we can all dance to it!
