New things might include a class at Mass Art, as I have a voucher for free tuition that I hate to waste. I have to pay something, but it won't be nearly as much as usual. If the school will accept the voucher for an undergrad class, there is one course that has piqued my interest and I might just do it. It will eat up my vacation for sure, as it is a full time commitment for three weeks, but it will help with recertification and even might push me in new artistic directions. Imagine that!
I think I need to get out of the house a bit now. I love being home but need a change of scenery to not go mad (or madd-er, as the case may be.) Being home lets me see the domestic chaos I live with in bright light, every day, and the ever painful Bod can't always make it better. The pups are elderly now, and are really needy and attached to my every move. We move like a Monty Python cartoon huddle from room to room all day long. I love them to bits but don't love stepping on them when I try to walk. The worry about Hapi is a huge mental stressor and I am grateful to have been able to disappear into my art for a while and catch at least a mental break. Am thinking about taking a few days at the beach, but wonder if boarding Hapi is such a good idea right now. Would the stress of boarding induce Perdue-level plucking? Even if I don't get a true "vacation" I am happy to have the life I have, a tropical vacation of sorts every day because of the birds. Bless those gorgeous birdies.
For an art link today, here is a new fave sculptor that recycles textiles so that they retain their integrity but also create new objects that have integrity of their own. Called Mr. Finch, his sinuous mushrooms and textural moths use discarded fabrics as skin. The embracing rabbits seem at once like discarded toys, and raw forms of dirty nature. Of course, I love the birds, even though they are posed as though they are in a naturalist's collection rather than sitting happily on a perch. Neat work, Mr. Finch! Cheers.