Catching up

"Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope." - Goethe

Even after so few days away from home and computer, there's so much catching up to do - with family, at work, with myself - putting things away, doing the laundry, answering emails, writing the blog, catching up on sleep - where does "getting going in the studio" fit in? Is it a mere hope? Sitting at the computer is not the same as going into the studio and going on with the work. Sitting at the computer is a distraction. Distractions are the enemy of hopes.

Now let's have a photo.

These four "bon mots" are some of the ancient work that emerged druing my recent studio blitz. They're freely couched onto silk dupion scraps and measure 4" x 6":

- Snatch the eternal from the desperately fleeting

- What is unsought will be undetected

- The appetite comes by eating

- No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent