painting of the milky way by Miguel Cartagena. Look it up. It’s a really amazing piece – full of epic Inca myth.

I was given an assignment. Write out your wildest most abundant business dreams. Wildest? Most abundant? What?

It was a good assignment. I’m not sure I accomplished it well. My virgoan nature won’t let me let go and just dream large – too much. I’ve trained myself to think of success differently. Maybe I’m too old to just think of having a plethora of worker bees to help me. That’s a lot of pressure when you aren’t the only thing depending on your success.

I relearned that I need space. Would I have more success if I learned to give myself that space without guilt? Also – I plan to work my arse off for a real long time. Real long.

And I learned I have a driving need to create. In many forms. So I’ll be going to the ceramic studio a little later in the morning. I also realized that I am in the end, an old school designer. I have ideas for clothes, shoes, cups, plates, curtains, baseboards (did she just say baseboards? – yes.) If I had 300 more years I’d want to put my grubby little paws on it all.

For me it takes a lot of time to learn a trade and then be able to allow room for my own creative process to imprint its style on that trade. It takes a while for things not to look clumsy. Old school. Years learning how to grow, card, comb, spin, dye and weave a fiber. Years. I would have been a great 18th century apprentice.

In my wildest dreams I have a star factory. And we grow clothes that wrap around you and teach you how to be bold & courageous & compassionate.

for so long I’ve wanted to stamp it. my look – on everything. yes. stamp stamp. create create. but i’m like a crazed squirrel running willy nilly after too many nuts showered from the heavens, or an oak tree…

what? -you say.      oh you know exactly. -I say.

half stamp – look to the left, carve stamp more, look to the right, carve something different.

A little J bird said, Sabelle, that’s what they call me. Okay that’s what one person calls me & I like it so I’m going to use it This Is My Story, back to the point. J bird says, Sabelle, you’re Creativity from The Book of Qualities* and I said, surely not! Too big of a compliment. J bird – yes yes! but you are see?

And she’s right  – I love all the colors. I love rococo art ladies with all their ruffles and flounces – for shame. I love modern Japanese design. nothing. bare. And I love a deep drink of red velvet. and I love unbleached muslin. I love dark detritus and curling and secretive and I love light so bright it hurts your eyes with dust flecks floating honestly.

right this second I’m quite happy I gobble up all of it. Yes. Gobble.

Range I’ll be calling it. Like all the colors and all their palettes on a wheel.

*The Book of Qualities = the best book ever. My all time favorite. Chances are you’ve received it from me if you’ve known me for just 1/2 a min.