To me, creating something original is more about the journey than the arrival. If I'm simply following someone else's pattern or rules, it is far less challenging, interesting, and rewarding than making my own journey. I believe that it is the journey that makes the finished product worthwhile. Perhaps you agree.
However, sometimes, in my journey to finish a project, I'm not sure that I have arrived at the end of the journey. Sometimes, I take side trips. I think that perhaps I should add something more. I add it, step back, and realize the project was better before I added that "something more". And I take off what I added.
I've been in this state with "Lily" my art bra for a couple of days now. Some things I've left, some things I've taken away. I really think that Lily is finished. I'll post photos of Lily once she finds a new home... after the 2nd Annual Waterloo County Art Bra Fundraiser Show & Silent Auction: "Her Cup Runneth Over" for HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre in Waterloo, Ontario. I hope Lily goes to a lovely home. She deserves it.
Lily has become very much a tribute to my good artist friend Lillian Parobec-Dzwonyk. Because I live some distance from my biological Mom, I adopted a handful of local "Moms" to fill the void. Lillian was one of them.
I miss her dearly.
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