For the past few nights I've been waking up at 2 or 3 am, unable to get back to sleep very easily. Not sure why. I try to fall back to sleep without distraction, but after thirty or more minutes I give up and grab my phone. I start a search on Google about something that pops into my head, and then another based on that, and then another. Usually topics about creativity, art, health, and well-being. I've learned a lot - just wish is wasn't at 3am. Should anyone view the search history on my phone they would be really confused, I think. I put on Coast to Coast AM and listen to their low-key bumper music. I count sheep. Hoping this is all just "back to school" anxiety. Caught just an hour between 4 and 5 this morning, so it will feel like a really long day. Add in strange dreams that feel like movies that never end, and my sleep lately has been anything but restful. This embroidery seems to capture a sense of unreality that can happen in a dream. Blurred boundaries, strange spaces.
A quick link this morning to something that I knew nothing about -- a digital embroidery class at RISD. Who knew? I'd love to take it -- a five week course -- even though it would mean a long commute every day. To learn about the software and process from artists that use it (as opposed to people who only want to make monogrammed towels) would be so great. Will check and see if it is offered in the summertime, maybe.
Well, off to feed the farm and get ready to go unbury my desk at school. Hope everyone has a creative and happy day.