Lee Thomson

Aug 9
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

I really don’t know which way this one is going. I finished it in time to take a week’s worth to class tonight. We did fast (and quite kind) critiques of people’s work. I love seeing what other people have done, and as a teacher I get to grill them: which one do you think is strongest, which one is weakest, can it be fixed or should it be started again??? I love hearing the answers. I don’t feel like my answers help much, but I know asking myself the questions makes the postcards (and other work) improve.

In other news, I have become my mother. At least one aspect anyhow. My friend Andy is simultaneously moving back into his house after it was renovated after a fire and thinking about packing to live in England for three years (with two kids) because his wife’s job is there. We spent some quality time in the garage going through boxes, and the back of my car is filled with 6 boxes of stuffies, two of shoes and two of kids books. I will recycle, freecycle or donate them to good homes…. and THAT is how I am my mother tonight.