I've been awarded another opportunity to paint a traffic signal box, only I have to do that before the weather gets too cold. The paint won't adhere to the metal boxes unless it is over 55 degrees out. I'll be crossing my fingers for sun and warmth beacuse it's a pretty wild and wonderful thing to paint on the street in my neighborhood.

Somehow (well I know how) my life has become a mad-scramble of busy as I work full time, take graduate classes, try to draw and paint some and still maintain a relatively regular schedule of eating and sleeping. But this week I managed to get to a rock and roll show to see Amos Lee and Elvis Costello (aparently there is an orthodontist in Michigan with an Elvis Costello room...) and Bob Dylan. I brought along my sketchbook and will try to upload a couple of the images (only a few drawings managed to have some of the energy of the show).

I'll share more stories and images as I get a better handle on the pace of my life, all I know is that I am drawing, thinking, reading and writing with a more directed energy than I have had in a while, even if there's less time to do all that I want to do.

take care,
Rachael