mY HiGHesT AsPiRaTioNs

City of Angels.

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."-Louisa May Alcott

When I was a little girl I cut out a poem or something by Louisa May Alcott. I remember that with fondness.

It is interesting to listen to our hearts cry. And I mean really listen. Interesting to study the path it wants to take. To be open to the road chosen. The point of life is to walk on that path. Honor and celebrate your path, and strive to walk on it in your lifetime.

The two cities that mean so much to me are LA, and NY. I love the small gulf islands of the Pacific Ocean, and the larger Vancouver Island. I also enjoy Vancouver, BC. My heart cries for NYC, and LA. My experience working as a Fashion Designer has taken me to these big cities, and there I found success. I feel alive in these cities, mostly NYC.

Interesting to think of the next steps in my life. It's time for change. It's time for creativity, & love. Change can be soooooooooo scary. And then, like some kind of weird disappearing act, when you get to the other side of the change, the fear is gone, and you wonder what the big deal was... So this is where the saying, "feel the fear and do it anyway" comes in? hmmm. Just something to consider in planning a life.

FrOnT MoSaiC PaTh PlaN

Ok, I digress from weaving for a moment.

I volunteered at the door of the coffee house last night, so I brought paper and a pencil. I have had a mosaic path plan, brewing for about four years, and here it is mapped out. This will lead to the main door of my funky design studio. People will LOVE to walk over it on their way in. Hey, it's another reason to come by and see what goes on INSIDE my studio.

Now hopefully, my 86 year old friend still has the set of yellow, 1920's chipped dishes, available for me to nip up with the tile nippers! His dishes have been in the family since before he married his wife, of 63 years! The funky purple, 1" tiles, (with the metallic strands through them) that I collected, are here, and ready to go, as well as an eclectic collection of broken china, dishes, and beach glass. This is going to be fun! I will be indebted to my multi-talented friend Debra for her expert tutelage about mosaic!

Next time, I'll probably post something about fibre arts, clothing design, woodworking, or my recent trip to Watts Towers, in Los Angeles.