http://offcenterdesign.org/polly More than just another WordPress weblog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:28:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am almost finished a series of 6 pieces created on reclaimed cabinetry. [caption id="attachment_91" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="\"Velocity\" 2010 "][/caption] http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=85 Again I find myself in this place that has now become so familiar. Unlike previous times, I am now beginning to trust that I will find my way out again. Where am I? In this place like a deep hole...no , thats not it. I am in a glass ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=76 I am already a very sensitive person, but after having my second baby all my senses seem even more raw. My sense of smell is crazy strong. Everything I see and hear drives me to distraction. I can taste everything. I can even taste the stress in my throat as ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=72 The show went well. I am so appreciative of all the wonderful support and feedback received. I sold enough to inspire moving forward. The new little one and my return to teaching has me very busy, and my studio time is confined to musing for the most part. ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=70 [caption id="attachment_65" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Paradigm 2009 acrylic, ink, charcoal on wood panel"][/caption] I have a show in November, and I am about to birth a son. Great timing. My paintings still sit waiting to be framed. I need to make postcards...It is a coffeehouse gallery. Which I ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=49 Old random attempts at poetry from another time and place- a life time ago, really. All from 2004 I am not quite sure how this happened why, I withered in your embrace always too tight. It was as if you intended to keep me from breathing every time. Now free from grasp it is only my own thoughts of you and ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=46 So sweet. Every cell bursting between my teeth. Eyes closed. I can see it . Watermelon mind. Watermelon breath. I am watermelon. Life is watermelon in my watermelon moments, and life is beautiful. I open my eyes and gaze in to the flesh held up towards the window light. Watermelon ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=44 Usually I am either wandering through the days nostalgic OR in the moment. Lately it seems that somehow it is both at the same time. Perhaps I am nostalgic, and the baby growing inside me is in the moment. What else could you possibly be in utero besides in the ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=35 The thought of having a blog seemed very appealing before I actually had one. The anticipation was similar to the desired acquisition of some new object, like a new bag ( I have a bag fetish. I never buy expensive ones though, because one- I do not have ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=31 I am growing. I have this little tiny bean size mass of cells with a four chambered heart, and other developing organs inside me right now, growing. My life is growing. I am opening- though I thought I was so open. Now I understand its been a different sort ... http://offcenterdesign.org/polly/?p=29