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Day 171: Rock Collection Addition

Here is a testament to the creativity of children.

Walking home from the bus stop I see two kids outside their home playing on the sidewalk. As I walk by the conversation goes like this.

Boy: Hi there. Might you be interested in adding to your rock collection? Me: Maybe, what do you have?
Boy: All sorts of rocks for sale. Do you see one that interests you?
((I'm not making this up, people. This little 7-year-old dude was born a salesman.)) All the rocks had paper labels on top of them. Some of them said .07$, some said 7$, and some said 20$. Me: Do you have any you're selling for one dollar?
Girl: Sure we can make you a deal. How bout this one? (She points to a piece of dark glass. See below.) This one's on sale today.
Me: Will it make a good pet rock?
Boy: Yes, of course. His name is Golden Seal. He's a great pet or just an addition to your collection. Me: Great, I'll take him. And that is how I added Golden Seal below as my new pet glass... ahem, rock.

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Day 162: Some thoughts

What is creation? I've been weighing this a lot lately because I seem to have started weighing what is creation and what is not and feeling like I'm not creating anything (anything worthwhile) and therefore not posting anything here. Is anything made creation? But when I put it out there with my name on it and have people looking at it and pondering it, judging it, weighing themselves it's goodness or ugliness—this is good, this is bad.  This is not good enough.

Good enough for what? I ask.

Creation for today: the above ramblings.

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Day 125: Lots of Creating

I did it. I dropped the ball. I did not create something specifically for The Thirty Third this past Thursday. I woke up on Friday realizing I had been working and creating all day but didn't create thinking of this blog. However, if I recall I created a LOT not only for work, but also for some freelance projects. I created a fundraising packet, a flyer, an install of a wordpress website, and an initial design for an author's blog. PHew! Maybe it was all that creating that put me straight to sleep at the end of the day without thinking! So you'll just have to take my word for it.

Day 102: More Illustration Snapshots

Had a good conversation with my husband about these  (he helps me think through things well ;) and am still working on them... feeling kinda stuck on a personal project which I've already posted a bit about. Here are a few more snapshots. Suppose I'm not ready to reveal the whole thing.

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