back in the sPRing of things...

i will be the first to admit that i've been in a rut since the new year. teaching threw my schedule (and my perfectionist-brain) into a tizzy, our housemates' newborn baby has my mind thinking about my own family, and quite frankly the economy has had me questioning what i'm doing. silvercocoon was founded in the spring of 2001 as a venue for me to sell the things that i make (i've always made things) but after september 11th, i went out and got a job and chalked the two 10-artist-sales that i organized as a hobby. i'll admit i have recently considered looking for more stable work, but i figure i should instead look for the lesson in having taken that route once before....i gained valuable retail & design experience and product knowledge during my years at redlurered and IKEA. taking that route then was the right decision at that time in my life. but i feel now that i am in a different place in my life as well as in my "making of things" i recognize that what i am doing now is essentially what i have been working towards my whole life and i owe it to myself to try to get it right. ..... perhaps i shouldn't always be so hard on myself. it is normal to be cyclical, like the seasons, like the grass that has transformed our yard to green again. rest is as important as action - if only so that we can recognize the difference....

these are the things that have been racing through my brain lately (you understand why i have been holding my blogging-tongue)

so, the VOLTAGE fashion show is tomorrow night. i'm excited that is has finally arrived...am thrilled that i'll be able to watch the show this time, and i cannot wait to finally be able to post images of the pieces that i've been developing for the past months. i see now that the creative process saved me yet again, pulling me out of my fears of failure and back into the joy of discovery: sketching new ideas, testing new techniques and materials, pushing and pulling to transform old into new, like the grass. i'm excited to share and will begin posting next week about them, so tay tuned....