Squeen for a Day

I didn't know what I was getting into when I signed up for Carla Sonheim's Art of Silliness Class.  I wanted to get freer in my drawing and release more creativity.  I think that is happening.  Carla is having us do all kinds of crazy things, including inventing a new language!  Each day we post our latest creations to a Flickr account and Carla chooses someone to be Squeen for the Day.  (Squeen = Silliness Queen).  Well today, --ta-da! -- I was chosen.  And it's based on this project (playing with food) which took me just about all afternoon yesterday:

Not sure how proud I should be of it, but it was great fun to be chosen Squeen for a Day!  Too bad I still had to cook and do dishes.  Guess the family didn't get the memo!

I hope you have the chance to feel as special as the Squeen for the Day.  Afterall, we are God's workmanship (Ephesians 2:10), and that sounds pretty wonderful to me.

My Word for 2011

It's been really inspiring to read about the words that my blogging friends are choosing for their intention words for this new year.  Special thanks to Kim Klassen for some great instruction on how to choose a word, as this is the first year I  have done this.  And the word I have decided on is . . .

Connection

Reading last year's journals revealed to me that I was all about trying new things and launching out in new directions. It was fun, but I wasn't very focused.  Instead of making "focus" my intention for this year, I think "connection" better describes what I want to experience.  Exploring and strengthening connections I have with friends, family, my own inner gifts, and -- of course -- with God.  The Willow Tree figurine pictured here and in my blog masthead is one that a good friend gave me a few years ago.  It's been gathering dust in a corner of our family room.  I dusted it off and gave it a prominent place in the hallway outside of my studio, as I hope to dust off some of the connections that I have lost track of, but that I know are important to me.  And I'm hoping to blog regularly about how these connections are going.  I'm also looking forward to reading the blogs from friends who are also pursuing words of intention for 2011.

Happy New Year!