may this dress help us to remember it is ALL GOOD!!!!

'departure ... ' one of the first dresses made on wells beach me in 2006.

Do not let the waves of doubt 

wash away your authentic self. 

Dodinsky

having a tough morning ... 

it is  beautiful weather, and the day stretches out before me,

however I seem stymied by all the things that i need/must/have to do ....

and when that happens, the critics come out to play!!

So I am going to get a cup of coffee 

and go meditate and breathe ...

and now whatever I do is fine 

AND

it is ALL good!!! :)

peace, va

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may this dress give us (me) courage and resolve to tackle what we/i need to tackle TODAY!!!!

'sky warrior II . . . ' now on view in Hopkinson, MA
at the Art on the Trail exhibit, across from Hopkinton Lumber.

there are a few items that have been living on my to-do list 

that I have been blatantly ignoring 

which MUST be done!!! 

and when I quiet myself and when I am curious about 

why I am staging such an avoidance ... 

the answer feels like fear. 

So today I face these fears 

and know good will come from doing my tasks!!! 

namaste!!

Above all, don't fear difficult moments.

The best comes from them.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

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today, break out of your comfort zone . . . Wake Up and smell the poetry: Virginia Fitzgerald, may 2015

A dream is your creative vision 

for your life in the future. 

You must break out of 

your current comfort zone 

and become comfortable 

with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

Denis Waitley

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may this dress remind us of our inner strength!!!

 

“You were given this life 

because you are 

strong enough to live it.” 

~ anon ~

* today's dress is called 'sky warrior . . .' and hangs in a 

garden outside Chicago, IL.

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may this dress reveal our keenest perceptions . . .

‘Work is a world apart from jobs. 

Work is the way you occupy your mind and hand and eye and whole body when they’re informed by your imagination and wit, 

by your keenest perceptions, by your most profound perceptions on everything you’ve read and seen and heard and been a part of. 

You may or may not be paid to do your work.” ” 

Alice Koller, The Stations of Solitude.

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May these dresses remind us of our passions!!!!

“The things you are passionate about are not random, 

they are your calling.” 

Fabienne Fredrickson

in case you have missed the announcements :)

tomorrow I am one of the presenters at 

Wake Up & Smell the Poetry, Hopkinson, MA

(click here to for more info about the event.)

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may this dress remind us to have fun, be crazy, be weird!!! xxx

'new york diner dress' (2006) mustard on plate

“Live life fully while you're here. 

Experience everything. 

Take care of yourself and your friends. 

Have fun, be crazy, be weird. 

Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, 

so you might as well enjoy the process. 

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: 

find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. 

Don't try to be perfect; 

just be an excellent example of being human.” 

― Anthony Robbins

this morning I need to focus on my presentation that I am giving in 48 hours!! 

So I figured I would post a quote about FOCUS 

(needless to say, not one of my strong points)

however, as I was combing thru my treasure trove of quotes I saw this quote & I  KNEW that this was the quote of the day.  and it is interesting because this quote basically epitomize much of the 'dressproject' 

(the subject of the afore mentioned presentation)!!!

being authentic, living with passion, 

NOT being perfect, taking care of yourself, 

having FUN & being WEIRD!!

so in a way, I AM working on my lecture!! and there's more . . .

another parallel with today's dailydress inspiration 'experience' and the 'dressproject' is how I started out with one idea/theme but then changed my preconceived idea when I discovered this quote which spoke to my heart.

this happened during the first week of the 'dressproject', when I was at Wells Beach and making a dress on the sand for seven days.  Each morning I would head out to the beach with an idea of what kind of dress I would make for that day, what materials, what size . . .  but every time!!! a different material would call my name leading me to an entirely different 'dress' than I had planed!!! 

This volte-face is a regular occurrence for me and the 'dressproject'.  And it is this consistent experience of changing direction which underlines, for me, that I am more the conduit of this project, the dress energy . . . I am open and wired to this 'invitation' to create via this particular image and willing to make a change when it is presented to me. 

Of course as I am writing this I am thinking this openness and willingness to change course/theme in a blink of an eye MAY BE the reason focus is not one of my strengths!!

hmmmmm . . . . boy do I love thinking and pondering how some much of our lives and our purposes are interwoven and connected!! 

Now back to my 20 MINUTE* lecture

*20 minutes is VERY short for one who can't focus :)

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A 'just-for-instance' present for you . . .

Just like I did in August,

here is a calendar for you to print if you so desire.

For the longer story behind this calendar check out my 

art blog:

November . . . the month I take back my studio!!!

to access this calendar either  click on this link to go to Flickr 

where you can download the calendar or just click on 

the calendar above 

and then right click for the option to download the image.

If you are having any technical issues just leave me a comment and 

we will figure out what needs to be done :D

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