Morning all. I’m glad to get into this week even if it’s a Monday.
Last week was pretty horrible. Nothing much got done, and my brain felt like a basketball that needed a good bounce. I’ve been stuck in one place and I’m dying to get out in any kind of respect. It’s going to be a miserable rainy week, so you may see me a little more here, but I may just need to put on the “wellies” and fight the water. The most creative ideas often fall like rain… sometimes even in it.
The one good thing from last week was spending time with my son making a snow sculpture. I used to do this when the kids were much smaller, but since our move to New York, I haven’t dedicated much time to it. It always gave me great pleasure making these large snow sculptures, especially since it would fascinate my neighbors and make me look “odd”. It never really mattered much to me. It was the execution of idea to reality.
The best was a giant tank, with a pvc barrel and wood tracks. It was great to have the kids stand on it for pictures. It took a day. Saturdays took only a few hours, not too elaborate and what started out as a lion started to look more like a seated dog. (If you picture the Sphinx, with a dogs head- then you got the snow sculpture). I built it out near the street on account the last head (an Easter Island head) built back in December made the neighbors dog freak out. He barked at the thing till it disappeared. The one I did this time was not visible through the fence.
I named it Snaggletooth on account of one or two of it’s sharp canines falling straight out it’s mouth.
I thought it might be fun to get more elaborate as the snow comes on. I have a friend who I recently found out was a graffiti artist and I thought it might be cool to work a 3-D graffiti sculpture on the side yard with color dyes. I think it’d be quite poetic as the weather turns, and it disappears, much like the scrubbing of paint from a building.
All of this stuff comes is the result of a particular mind set. It takes days to get motivated and actually DO it. I can only hope the snow is packable on that day, and that I’m free from other commitments.
When it comes to snow, the joy must be seized, because too soon it disappears. Next time instead of thinking of the burdens it provides like poor driving, visibility problems or shoveling, try and think of what it is you could provide for your neighbor- perhaps a couple of strange looks, OR maybe even a smile.
Have a great week all.