just realizing watching kurosawa's dreams: what it means to be a leader. It is far easier to tell someone else they are wrong when they are leading you, than to be the brave one leading. and yet, someone always has to lead.

i dont feel any connection to a greater wise community i was born into. Maybe that is because i haven't listened to it. ( think of the baby shower). i have been so long gone from the community i was born into that i look down my nose at it. maybe its time to open my eyes and see it anew.

how could this manifest itself? at least in the short term?

a window display at chashama

last year was the year of inspiration. this year is the year of execution. At least 12 projects in 12 months. First project, though? To finish all the little projects that are half finished in the studio. Including, but not limited to: christmas card, Lowell's egg, Cazzi and Jo's xmas ornament, Christine's scrapbook, Jenny and Brett's wedding present. Also: Home improvements: hem bedroom curtains, paint and wallpaper studio wall (w/ magnet paint)

Alos, every (decent) thing should be documented.

Other ideas for projects: HERE Grant (Jan 3), find studio space, 18 mo. installation (in March?), Present for DQ, etsy site ( onesies, animals, bags, ephemera), Flip book for michael of the liebesleider funny bits....)