Follow your bliss...: New work

Sunday, October 12, 2008

New work

Nocturne, October 9, 2008
color pencil, pencil, and watercolor on Stonehenge paper, 8 x 8 inches

I love green...can't you tell?

River of Fallen Stars, October 4, 2008, colored pencil, pencil, and watercolor on Stonehenge paper, 8 x 8 inches

A smaller version of the big one that was sold this summer...

2 comments:

Half-heard in the Stillness said...: Not surprised it sold!! Love it.; 8:12 AM
Roslyn said...: Laura,

The larger version is hanging in Sue's house and its just beautiful!
Have you already parted with the smaller one? My mother loves the piece that I bought at the Delavan/kids auction years ago. It was a lovely light blue color. If you have anything similar to this one or mine in a purple tonal range, could you let me know. I'd love to be able to give her one for Christmas!

Thanks, roslyn; 12:27 AM

Me and Fibromyalgia...the good news is, it's not going to kill me.

I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2007 after years of being told my illness was all in my head. My Fibro is everyday fatigue with body aches, mostly tolerable, but when I have a flare-up, which can be triggered by stress, hormones, or being over tired from over-doing it, I get the full body pain, including chest pains (yes, these are scary, like an elephant standing on my chest.) Thankfully, it doesn't hurt to take a breath, but I feel breathless, I just do yoga and breathing exercises to stretch and breathe to ease through the worst of it, NSAIDs help to cut the pain, and naps are always a necessary thing when needed (but hard to do while at the day job!) It's a balancing act to manage, I take advantage of the good days, lay low on the bad ones, and very often, push through in spite of the bad days...some mornings I wish I could stay in bed, but I'm glad that I get up and about, very often 'the kinks' work themselves out. I refuse to take the recommended pharmaceutical band-aids on the market, I tried one once, and I don't like feeling like a zombie. I keep active with my creativity, I think that's the key to my overcoming this obstacle every day...and I have my Fred and our son, five cats, and one dog named Max.