Oh, MY GOD! This is just sooooo me! I'm creative with all types of mediums and have taken classes in bunches of things from drawing to metal sculpting. Let me tell you how powerful and liberating it is use a big ole' torch and put the pieces together where you say they go! And it doesn't matter if no one gets it! It's art, most people pretend they get some really deep, spiritual or agnostic meaning from it. Half the time, I'm just glad I found a new use for a discarded piece of pipe or saved the dead relative's hand written sheet music from the dumpster.

I collect all kinds of things to use in art work. I grab treasures on trash day because people throw away the best stuff! My problem is I don't do very much art work because I let the so-called obligatory things take precedent. I just don't take time for the art. I'll tell myself I can't because I need to pay bills, wash clothes, rake, cook, you name it - anything but what brings me such great pleasure.

I wouldn't buy a premade canvas because it cost too much. I was given muslin and learned to make, stretch and prime my own canvas but they remain white and untouched. I've put in place everything for just about anything and it's like I can go no further. It's just one more thing for me to beat me up about. Such an underachiever! Such a scared-deee cat, lose, lose, loser.