i had a thought once. that if i made one beautiful thing everyday, then it wouldn’t be long before my world was full of beautiful things. that night i fashioned a lamp from a bicycle wheel. for a couple months, although it was exhausting, i made things, which were occasionally elaborate and took several days, but the spirit was that i engaged constant creativity. and was bent on completion.

i constantly make lists, and have these lists pooling in the corners of desk shelves and messenger bags. so that if ever i were to not know what next, i could begin to clean until some old clunker of an idea put me into furtive late night reverie.

well, i’ve been traveling a lot, and stacks of papers makes for tedious moving, so much of what almost-was is now lost to landfill and compost. but now that i’m stationed, for at least a couple months, in a household, i’d like to begin again.

light fixtures, stitching projects, new recipes, a painting, and as they bleed into my other goals: packages, instruments. i’d like to make 50 beautiful things this year (and share them). that is one per week with 2 weeks vacation. hopefully i can do better than that!