Revelation

Today I went to Harrogate for what I thought was a knitting show, only to be pierced through the heart with a visceral reaction to one woman's art: so strongly was I affected, I found myself sobbing in the artist's arms, rendered inarticulate by the complex emotions her works inspired

If you ever get a chance, please, please see the sinister, moving beauty of Rozanne Hawksley's work for yourself

A flicker of activity

You never know, I could get going on this again, but how many times have I said that? Not as many times as I've thought it and done nothing about, but hmm, we'll see.

I continue to enjoy knitting and I have even wielded a rubber stamp in the last month - to make pretty labels for my homemade strawberry jam.

Anyhow, I've fallen in love - with Polyvore. I'm not sure of how legal some of the image grabbing is with this site, but the joy of fiddling with images is really stimulating for me at the moment. Given the lack of creativity in me (as has been the case for about the last 18 months at least), I'm riding the wave!

And so here's a sample of what I've been doing - what do you think?

Sixties vibe by Artygal on Polyvore.com

I'm going to follow a few other people and do some soul collage with this site - but I still love cutting out and pasting - there's definitely different feelings for these digital pics

Where I've been

Removed this post - too strong a reminder of a dark times

Agony and frustration

I've got a bad back / shoulder and it damn well hurts. I'm loving my new job but am exhausted before the end of the working day so I'm not able to give my all as I would wish. I've got loads of pics and things to share and I so want to get on with art but it's painful to sit, to be on the PC or do anything for long.

I hope that doesn't come across as a whinge too far - I just want to be back to my normal and get on with everything!

Waving

I am here, honest! I've started a new job (which I love) but have picked up a shoulder / back injury that is severely limiting computer and art / craft time - not so good

I'll be back properly when I can

Sending love

Retrospectively Proud

All of this digging keeps turning up work that I've done in the past. Like many, I've always been hypercritical of my own efforts, but given a bit of perspective, I'm really proud of some of the pieces I've seen. I'll try to get a few pics up next week - plus I'm going to have a textiley giveaway......

Altered art goodies Update

Digging out goodies to send off is providing me with so much fun that I'm clearing out the spare bedroom storage at the same time. I'm determined that everyone who has asked for stuff will get some goodies, so please bear with me while I dig around.