My amazing friend, Larissa, (she has a small PR business and started this whole business) and I will pick up my framed paintings from my other amazing friend, Jody, (she has a framing business and the ability to frame my little guys up nice and quick and inexpensively) tomorrow. I don't actually have to hang this show, they'll hang it for me and then I can order a latte and stand back and see what it is I've been making. That's a huge part of showing for me. Really, the ability to stand back and see what the paintings are when they are all grown up and out of the house. For those of you in the Rochester or upstate area (or with an excuse to be in the next 3 months) you can see them too at the Starbucks at 2900 Monroe after Monday.

Nothing appeals to me more right now than the thought of a day to simply make. Drawings, clay nonsense, bread, my messy house more clean, long letters to old friends. This simple, nothing expected of me, chunk of time is nowhere to be seen but I can see to making one soon. In the immediate future, I have a show of my own opening in a few short days, a deadline almost met at work, a sketchbook I keep filling, some time in the studio every couple of days for a couple of hours, and a painting and a clay class every week. I've just started a class about inclusion in education and I am the only non teacher or almost-teacher in the room. It's a fascincating thing, really, to hear so much talk and read so many words so quickly about evening the playing field, seeing all kids as kids, and teaching everyone.

For the dreamers, then, I share. I was reminded about Jim Hodges today and just need to spread the lovely.



just tell me, you are making something?!
take care,
Rachael