the long pause

Winter is here. The holidays are too. Time to pause. Rest. Refuel. Allow space for new ideas, while making an honest assessment of the year's work. How does one look at their own work with fresh eyes? For me, I clear my studio walls and hang each piece -- one at a time -- and just look. I talk to myself. Make notes. I take a long pause while I listen for that knowing voice. In the end, I hope for direction. Something to take hold of me. A quickening that I recognize as "go this way". That's it. Another year begins to unfold. We will see what is to come.

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