The Art Cure

My brain isn’t working well today. I’m having significantly more anxiety than usual and a I’m having peripheral neuropathy pain.  I’ve combined an anti-anxiety med, the medical marijuana and three hours’ sleep. I don’t recommend it. 

I have nearly all of the 167 new fabrics in my Spoonflower shop. Because of the insomnia, anxiety and meds, I’m having serious problems coming up with key words for each fabric. At the moment, 142 new designs are in my Spoonflower shop and you can find them here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

There are two single yard pieces that I plan on quilting. One is a photo that I manipulated using the geometrics part of PhotoScape X. I like that it looks like a modern version of a traditional quilt. Yes, there will be photos.

There’s a reason it’s called art therapy and I’ve been playing with photography.

I photographed the desert coming alive in the spring and summer. Now, I’m photographing the desert going dormant. What strikes me is how determined plants are to keep blooming. Here are the remnants of a recent bloom surrounded by dead blooms and dead leaves.

Yucca pods that have opened to release seeds.

Every photographer, including me, has an assortment of full moon photos. I’ve been deliberately looking for opportunities to photograph a less than full moon.

It was a nice night, so I decided to play around a bit. I experimented using a flashlight to light up different parts of the yard. I was hoping for something a bit different, but what I got is intriguingly eerie.

One of my recent manipulated photos. Here’s the original photo.

Today, I started with a photo of bare branches and played a bit. Here’s the final manipulation.

For some reason, the original shot won’t load.

I can get nearly instant gratification with photography and I find I am suddenly calm when I start to make art.

I’ve got nearly all of the isolation quilt basted and can start quilting it tomorrow. I’ve a pretty good idea of how I want to quilt it. I need to work on the human physiology quilt. 

Don’t want to risk shopping at the few stores still open? One safe option is to support an artist. Many artists have on-line stores offering one of a kind treasures. Mine, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com