I had a Dream

Day 264 – This coming Thursday will be another holiday and so we won’t have our painting class. The teacher gave us the option to join his Sunday class so not to miss a week, and of course I jumped on this offer. I have to admit that painting is filling my dreams right now. I woke up this morning with a new idea for a painting. I never experienced such a thing, but I love it, I love having art as such a major part of my life right now. This was the whole idea when I started the program “The Artist’s Way” and I have to admit that they were many days when I acted on faith alone, but I am a living proof it works. I came to class, ready to start a new project, but my teacher thought I should add some elements to my previous piece to tie it up better. This is exactly the reason I love this class. He suggests things and is ready to hear our feedback, and so far I loved most of his ideas. An hour later my drawing looked more polished and more complete, and I was so much happier with the outcome. And then I started on a new one still with pencils only but improving my technique, having higher standards to the finished product, to the pencil work. I chose a figure from the Carnival in Venice and after an hour of work I like what I see there. One of the women in my class asked me how many years I paint and it was the biggest complement I could get!!

I took it home with me to work on it in the next week since there are no classes next week and I hope to bring it to as much completion is I can before getting back to class and get some wise suggestions from my teacher. I might even do the picture I was dreaming about; I am getting so excited about it all. and so, even though I said many months ago when I started this blog that I will not be thankful for the same things twice, I am looking at this one as an exception. Omar Khayyam said it centuries ago – “There are so many ways to kneel and thank the lord” .this is how I feel today about my painting class. I can find there every week something new to be thankful for.

So I am using this exception to thank one more time for this amazing serendipity that brought me to this class. I am thankful for every lesson I attend, for every comment I get, for every improvement I make. I am thankful for this new window that opened to my soul. I am thankful this painting class fills my days and nights with so much joy.