It has felt like a very long weekend, more full of frustration and self doubt than my weekends usually are. I laughed when I read the label of the Lagunitas Sucks Brown Shugga Substitute Ale I was drinking to find this quote: "But in that time of deepest despair, as is common to artists everywhere...broke, hungover, abandoned by the muse and prepared to take a job at Arby's, we found in that darkness the spark of inspiration." And in that state, I threw myself into some unfinished projects today. Finishing, or very nearly so, a series of rope tapestries, I have had them stacked in my studio waiting to be hung. Unfinished pieces in an unfinished studio. Yuck. Now they are all either hung somewhere in the house or relegated to wait in the studio till my next show.

I also finished a project that I've had in my head for a while, a burlap pinboard next to the kitchen door as a place to put all the pictures from our travels. It turned out to be much more work than I thought but well worth the effort. Didn't help that I wanted it to be huge. Certainly is. Looks like I need to do a lot more traveling.

I can't seem to stop putting jute twine on everything I own. Its just so awesome.

So after all that.. I'm feeling much better. Hard work tends to drive the angst right out of you.

Here's my inspiration today, hand painted color test fabric. Maybe a new piece will come out of this.