Piles of masks and torsos in preparation for ArtOMatic 08.

Here’s most of what I’m taking, along with some totems and a few new pieces that don’t have a line name.  I’m at the point where I have all the work, but a lot of it is new so I’m wiring and gluing and naming and photographing and measuring and doing all the little stuff that takes a ton of time.  But I’m ahead of the game.  I set aside Thursday for packing and I think I can safely say I’m half way packed.  The lights, hammer and nails, almost all of the masks and some other miscellaneous stuff is ready to go.  So I thought I’d check in and show you some of the new work.  I had some great websites to share; alas we had a power outage last night and the computer turned off and deleted them all so all I have to share today is my own work.  These will all be listed with name, size and price on my  Sacred website eventually, but for today you just get the pictures.  Oh!  you can see the finished torso from Heather’s casting on Body Politics.  She turned out wonderfully and named herself to boot:  Daughter of Willendorf (after the Venus of Willendorf which she so reminds me of).  Am glad Heather took a photo and posted because I did not get a picture of her before I sent her home with Heather to get ready for ArtOMatic/Body Politics.

thought for the day:  One of the reasons artists need to talk to and hear from other artists is that the press is not a trustworthy mechanism for relaying information about the creative life.  In the press, artists are either anguished or heroic, they are not what they must be – adroit, like spiritual samurai – to remain balanced amid turbulent doubts….For an artist, doubt is both part of the territory and an every present danger…Art is a spiritual practice.  Doubt is normal.  We need faith to survive it and we also need charity.  When doubt attacks. we must be vigilantly self-loving…The dark night of the soul comes to all artists.  when it comes to you, know that it is simply a tricky part of the trail and that you will see better in the morning.  Julia Cameron, Walking in this World:  The Practical Art of Creativity.