It’s Monday morning and I am feeling down. My heart sinks, I don’t want to go to work. I have not recovered yet from a beautiful weekend. I just realize that I must re-do what I was working on because I rushed through it and made a big mistake. This is going to be a much longer day than I planned.
The next day I find myself unprepared. I signed up for this workshop a month ago, but I did not have time to look up the supply list until now. Luckily, I have everything I needed but I feel like I just barely got here. But… I got here.
I am taking the Milan Art Institute Breakthrough Experience 2024. We are making a found object assemblage art project. It’s day 2 of the workshop, halfway through, and I find myself a bit melancholy. Wondering if this project is going anywhere. How many pieces do I need to have for this? Do I have enough?
I place the lock onto the piece, and something clicks. It is not an audible click, but I can feel it in my body. I see where the project could go, and I like it. But that doesn’t really matter, what is more important is my bad mood is released. I am me again. My soul is happy for taking this time for myself and it has translated to my body heart and mind.
I will remember this in times of struggle… maybe I am going in the right direction, but I just haven’t put enough pieces in place yet.
