Inspiration Avenue: Heart

Hettiene issued the Inspiration Avenue challenge this week and told us how hands and heart went so well together. We were challenged to make art from the heart. On that note, I started this challenge on Tuesday and got all the elements together I planned to use.


My camera is so bad, you can't even see how I filled the holes in "her heart" with glitter glue. As I was cleaning up the excess glitter glue, I noticed I was also removing the oil pastel "shadow" I put on the heart. I thought I could fix it later. Then, instead of just gluing everything down like I normally do, I actually did a dry run and found the word "LOVE" didn't even fit on the block, no matter how much I manipulated it. Then I ran out of time, because my friend arrived and I have been gone ever since. So, this is my entry this week, which I must call a "work in progress." When I finish it, I'll show it, but it won't have those glittery LOVE letters! The sentiment reads: "Love healed the holes in her heart."



I know several asked about my friend who is visiting. This is my friend Ed, who I went to grad school with. He was actually a year behind me, but we became steadfast friends and stay in touch, even though we haven't seen each other in at least ten years. Although there is a big age difference and there is no romantic connection, he and I have sat up two nights in a row reminiscing over our days in grad school, the teachers we loved, the ones we disliked, the ones we tolerated, our dissertations, other classmates, classes we taught, and other stories from years gone by and our time at Wichita State University. It's been a lot of fun and he plans to stay through the weekend. Also, my friend Scott, who remembered Ed, dropped by two nights in a row to eat dinner with us.

Sorry if my visits have been spotty this week. I hope to visit everyone when I have a bit more time on the computer.

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