rag and stone

...

Cameras and I.

We have always had an interesting relationship.

I remember, even as a young kid,

getting yelled at because

"It's not a movie camera!"

meaning...

sit down and stay still.

Something to this day,

I am still not very good at.

I always think of the words

to a great Ani Difranco Song.

"so I walk like I'm on a mission
cuz that's the way I groove
I got more and more to do
I got less and less to prove
it took me too long to realize
that I don't take good pictures
cuz I have the kind of beauty
that moves"

ah yes.  so true.

But today was fun.

Messing around in front of the mirror in the studio...

the latest place for photos.

and this new piece I am showing off...

oh man it's so cool.
Finished this afternoon...

...

"Fly Free"

with a HUGE Lapis Lazuli, 

a bird and a feather on back.

the kind of beauty that moves.

In the shop tonight.