Lately I have been telling people that I just want to become Amish and churn butter.  For one thing, I really like butter.  The other is, I am technologically exhausted from all of the constant changes and the little updates that momentarily mess everything up. There’s something enticing about living in a world where things stay the same, for a while.  I am probably all wrong about the Amish.

Thank goodness I can create art with my hands and supplies and tools and know how things are going to work.  That doesn’t mean that everything I do just works out.

Even though I know my art supplies, something comes along that is so intriguing I just can’t resist.  It’s hard not to try everything out there that there is to try, and so I must choose carefully because I don’t have time to do everything, and I don’t want to be mediocre at everything either.  So, I limit my choices.

But still sometimes, you gotta play.  I discovered water soluble graphite several years ago.  After several works on typical paper surfaces, I decided I wanted to try it on Yupo.  Yupo is a 100% recyclable, waterproof, synthetic surface.  Yes waterproof!! 

I knew how to draw on paper.  Choosing to use Yupo was a change that I brought upon myself, but I was ready for it because I wanted something to push me in a new direction. 

“If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.”  – Unknown

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