Kevin, it is wonderful!!! I love it! Be sure and send the others that you do???
I finally got motivated for the same reason and am now making jewelry (not the special kind like Gilly!!) but it is so much fun. Plus I'm painting gourds (also not the quality like Terry's :) but they are also really fun. I m doing some glass etching which is so easy and am ending up with all sorts of weird etches on my glasses! I'm making a quilt (not the patchwork kind) for my daughter and have all sorts of things in mind that I want to try. I m trying to make sure I finish with one before I start a new thing and that s hard to do for me! I also want to get back into portrait painting. It's been so long that I'm putting it off. I'll take a photo of one or two that I did and put it on here. Keep going, Kevin! Your hidden talent is coming out! Jeanne -------Original Message------- From: kevin weilacher Date: 7/2/2009 10:01:03 AM To: TMIC Subject: [TMIC] Arts and being artistic I'm just going to briefly resurrect this thread...I've been watching all the posts about the subject and also through meeting some of the other TMr's through Facebook and the TM Network I've discovered that quite a few of them have taken to some form of art since the onset of TM. Up until my TM onset I would have never considered myself artistic...I was always very mechanical, preferring to wrench on a race car or such.. considering my current limitations now with TM, doing the mechanical things just aren't quite so easy anymore....so I looked for another outlet...I had too. I was making myself and my wife nuts. One day while at a book store I was browsing through some magazines and came across a wood carving magazine. There was an article in there about carving wood spirits" which I found very intriguing and I thought to myself...I can teach myself to do that. I've recently finished my first one and also have taken on to making hand made walking canes with wood spirit handles... So, I think perhaps I may have found my particular niche and just may give this a go. Here are some links to what I have done so far... My first wood spirit.. http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/hwyflier2/?action=view¤t=face1 jpg Cane that I made for myself http://s80.photobucket com/albums/j164/hwyflier2/?action=view¤t=IMG_0518.jpg http://s80.photobucket com/albums/j164/hwyflier2/?action=view¤t=IMG_0520.jpg and the first cane I made to sell...and is already sold... http://s80.photobucket com/albums/j164/hwyflier2/?action=view¤t=newcane1.jpg http://s80.photobucket com/albums/j164/hwyflier2/?action=view¤t=newcane2.jpg http://s80.photobucket com/albums/j164/hwyflier2/?action=view¤t=newcane3.jpg I am obviously going to be honing my skills as I go on but I've already gotten feedback from some seasoned woodcarvers that are telling me that I'm going in the right direction.... I may have found a new career after all....and I like that thought after being unable to work now for just over a year. So, I guess I would say to the others out there that have been devastated by TM and cannot work...look into trying some kind of crafty little projects.. you may just find something you like and perhaps make a little extra cash on the side. You never know.
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