Build Your Wings on the Way Down

Build Your Wings on the Way Down (a work in process)

"Build Your Wings on the Way Down", 11 x 16, W.I.P

“If we listened to our intellect we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical: "It's gonna go wrong." Or "She's going to hurt me." Or,"I've had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore . . ." Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.” 
― Ray Bradbury

It's like Dorothy clicked her heels together and now we're going home. The malarkey maven and her little dog Wonder Mike are beginning THE BIG SHIFT, from one abode to another.  Or, as my wise friend says, to our new memory receptacle.

This move is a cliff jump.  I'm building wings on the way down.  While all this is happening, I've become fascinated by space helmets...which I think of as bubbles. At first I thought "huh, that's odd.  Why the helmets, Lola?"   And then the universe dropped this Bradbury quote in my laps and the lightbulb flashed inside the helmet, I was blinded for ten minutes, and then I got it.

Cliff jumping, to someone with a spine injury, is terrifying.

So as I metaphorically jump off a cliff, my brain grabs the nearest symbol of head protection (in case I land upside down) and begins to sketch it.  What a delightful place the brain can be!  

There will be a brief hiatus in the blog while the studio is disassembled and reassembled.  Fortunately, the living beings can remain intact throughout the process. :). But on the other side, dear reader, let's have some amazing adventures together! 

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