thistle while you work

just posted a heap of things over at my flickr page (click on the picture above to get there)... including: pictures of the pieces i did for bob in texas, a new piece i just finished today and photos of the prints now available in the shop.

i just recovered from a week-long bout of the flu and am slowly returning to the land of the living. i also went on a supply run today, so there may or may not be a new cut-out in the works.

hope everyone is well!
sam

p.s.

on the highly diverting subject of talking in one's sleep, i apparently had a recent episode when friends were staying on the floor of our studio apartment. details are sketchy and it is possible that tiffany and i were whispering to each other in our sleep, but the only concrete information i have is this: that when russ asked what i was saying, i said,

"she wants to know what song i want to sing."

what song do you want to sing?

"rainbows. i want to sing rainbows."

new piece and musings

i finally finished a new piece yesterday evening and here it is! i had picked up a book of rilke poems about three weeks ago and immediately started tabbing pages that seemed to inspire a visual.

this one was forefront in my mind, so here's the piece. i posted the english translation from the book on flickr.

speaking of art, i am trying to start the 12-step creative recovery program called "the artist's way". i say "trying" because the course has daily writings and homework that are about an hour per day and i just haven't made space in my routine yet. (although i have started reading the actual book). it just kept coming up in conversation and i have been feeling a little restless lately, so i hoped it might help me deal with whatever stands between me and a healthy sense of creative contentment and rhythm.

lastly, as the temperatures bob up and down, the highs are getting higher and i can tell spring is trying to arrive. it's been so long since i've lived somewhere with seasons (kindergarten) and there's something so magical about watching buds appear tentatively on long, skeletal branches and seeing rain on the forecast instead of only snow.

sorry for the long break in communication. hope everyone is well!
sam