Flow

Have you ever gotten so involved into something that you loose track of time and space?  You are so into what you are doing that nothing seems to be more important than what is in front of you?  That is what is called "flow" and that is how I am with scrap booking, I loose track of time, the day just seems to melt away.  When I read a book or work on a quilt top the day just seems to have fewer hours.  I love to get into what ever I'm doing that way.  I know that when I look up and the clock has moved forward hours when it seems like it should only be minutes that I have been in this zone where I am doing some thing that I love.

Growing up I dreamed of being an artist, then when I took art in school I realized that I did not have the talent necessary to be able to draw or paint, and I feel that you either have it or you don't, I don't feel that you can "learn" how to draw a face or paint a landscape. My son is an artist, not your typical artist, he has this knack of creating layers on top of layers of color and shapes that are just magic to me.  In some of his work you can see something new in them just about every time you look at one.  Most of the time he will have fish and birds in them, but they may not be so clear to see at first.

Then there is my niece Amy who is so talented in every medium, the year that she gave me two pieces of her art work of my children, well they are two of the most treasured gifts I have ever received.  She had use photos of Summer and Jason and did one in water colors and the other in pastels.  A few years later she gave me one of my son Joseph, it is called "Blue Bubba" and it is done with either oil or acrylic and it is amazing! 

Johnny's niece Page is also an artist, I am lucky enough to have one of her originals of a street in Spain that she did while living there.  She teaches different methods of art in N. C. and has her work in several galleries.

While not able to do my art work with a paint brush, pen or pencil, I wanted to work with color and I  found that making quilt tops gave me that outlet.  I do quilt but my first love is the design and colors of the top.  I prefer the Amish quilts, like to use black as a main color which make the other colors pop.  I attended a quilt show of Amish quilts and they work is amazing!

Then I found scrap booking and I love to spend my time creating a layout, writing about a memory, thinking that one day when I'm no longer here, my children and grand children will look at them and enjoy my take on life.

Everyone needs an outlet to find their flow, my daughter's is in running, she lives to get out there and run.  I'm sure it makes her feel just like I do when I'm scrappin.  If you don't have that special thing I hope that you find it.  It will take you away from everything but that one thing and it's a break from all of the worldly things that we have to deal with on a day to day basis.  Find your flow..........................