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I’m listening to my best of Bob Marley  CD which makes me feel grounded and calm. It also makes me think about something a friend posted on Facebook about Bob Marley  in which I replied quoting one of my favorite sayings which is “The only way to free ones mind is to emancipate yourself from mental slavery.”…Bob Marley.  Today I was talking to a good friend of mine about how one’s mind is usually what is standing in the way of someone trying to achieve one’s goals or the progress of moving forward.  I feel a lot of times that I have a personal struggle in my mind with each painting that I am tyring to create.  But when I free my mind and just try to be in that creative moment I find that the paintbrush will be my guide.  So tonight as I listen to Bob Marley I let the paintbrush and the paint

work in progress

 do the talking.  This is the current painting I am working on.

The other day while I was washing dishes I accidentally dropped a grape vine stem into a glass on the counter.  Instantly I was fascinated by the image it produced.  The colors along with the clear glass just really struck a chord with me.  So I decided to take a picture of my new found discovery.  This is that image.  Now I know how they got Reece’s Peanut-butter cups, pure accident.

Today my horoscope read as follows: Stop dreaming about what you want to do and make it happen.  I’m thinking the horoscope folks must have been following my around today watching me work.  It was a very long, long, day as anything and everything went wrong.  It was one of those days when  you know you probably should have stayed in bed.  I do know it was Veterans day and many are saying hey stop your whining and be appreciative of what you have and what others have done for us.  True very true, but this is not a bitch session as much as it is a day of reflection.  A day to figure out how to make my dreams a reality much quicker.  After all if I have many more days like today,  I don’t think I can physically or mentally handle it.  I can’t wait to read what my horoscope says tomorrow.  Maybe it will just say hey stay home today don’t get out of bed.