MIA muse

I know that my lost muse will

eventually return when she is ready.

In the meantime I worked on

an altered page about her

being MIA in an altered book.

I hope she is having a marvelous vacation...

lost muse, mixed media collage, 12" x 12"

Where Women Create - the Home Version

Issue two is out of a wonderful magazine called "Where Women Create" . I love this magazine. The first issue sold out. I guess I am not alone in my voyeuristic longings to see other art studios. The photos of artist studios are sexy with their lighting and oh-so-perfect set ups. The studios are works of art in and of themselves. Everything matches, all is color coordinated and light, space and tranquility abounds, giving the muse a palace in which to play.

In that spirit, I've decided to let you see a peek of my studio where I create
and where my muse abounds...

The Mess in my studio

I dont think the publishers of "Where Woman Create" will be knocking at my studio door anytime soon...

When I Met My Muse

I glanced at her and took my glasses off—they were still singing. They buzzed like a locust on the coffee table and then ceased.

Her voice belled forth, and the sunlight bent. I felt the ceiling arch, and knew that nails up there took a new grip on whatever they touched.

"I am your own way of looking at things," she said. "When you allow me to live with you, every glance at the world around you will be a sort of salvation." And I took her hand.

—William Stafford