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Appliqueing felt onto thrift store sweaters has been a fun way to channel my desire to purchase new clothes and reuse materials!  All you need is a simple inspiration and pattern, and some embroidery floss.

The original inspiration was a girl in my high school art class, whose sweaters included an apple tree and a wooden duck toy on a string.

Do you know what state produces the most blueberries?














Do you recognize what children's story this tree is from?










"Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso

Breath of fresh air

This project recalls a thought that occupies my mind too often: with every branch representing a choice, I wonder whether the precise life path I’ve chosen is the right one, or if instead I missed my train and should have been headed elsewhere.  Are the right opportunities still ahead of me?

My concerns reveal selfishness and a lack of trust, and they prevent me from appreciating the myriad of opportunities that exist here and now.

With some watered-down acrylic paint in one end of the straw, I blew through the other end.  Sometimes the leftover paint would settle or run back down its rivulet.   

Studying occupational therapy, I wonder how I would continue to do art if I were to lose use of my arms—straw in mouth?

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The Hebrew word for moving air, or breath, is "ruach."  Ruach is also the word for "spirit."  

Is it possible that there’s a Holy Breath who notices when we settle, moving us onward?

Who is less concerned  with the precise path we’re taking than the general direction we’re moving?

 

"Ruach" also means "life."