my dear friend is in the process of creating a collection of art-craft work to sell at an artist's craft fair. in discussing her thoughts and fears about this with me, i found myself although attentive to her and the conversation, still wandering through the lost files in my memory of all the many crafty things i would like to make with my hands and sell on a table some day. it felt very true and right for me to recommend making a priority list about all the things she would like to make (as the procrastinator in her is continuing to come up with more ideas than she can feasibly produce in the short period of time that she has before the fair), and also to decide what she would like to have in volume, price, and style at this particular fair, in order to point her somewhat aimless art making to a productive, sell-able collection.
i hate and love whoever came up with the whole "take your own advice" thing. in this case in particular, the "advice" i was dishing could be turned upon myself in so many facets of my current life. its overwhelming, even, to imagine what kind of productive work could come from the somewhat aimless daily battles i'm picking with life if i just took the time to think outside the project at hand and focus more on what i want the results of the greater project to be at any given point in the near future.
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