Sweet Dreams

Happy New Year's Eve !
Do you find yourself marvelling at the feeling of sitting on the precipice of a New year?
It all seems so surreal, and then, suddenly, you're in it, nothing surreal about it all

except

 

 for the magic of being alive,

this being who never was

 and now IS!

That's what art is about for me, the creation that never was, and now is. That I get to be a part of it, a conduit, of its making is pretty outrageous when you think about it, which of course, one cannot do-think about it- when one is in the middle of it.
Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

As I sat this morning, playing with my new Manuscript calligraphy pen, I found to my surprise

that I could add water to my drawing for a watercolour effect

as the "ink" is not waterproof

 

Then I added some gold from a Sharpie permanent marker

whose ink is waterproof

This was a pleasant surprise to see such a delightful character come out of my pen

She appeared after I drew

The Bear With the Golden Pumpkin

The characters all together

(perhaps that's fictitious me in reverie with a book in one hand and a "cuppa" in the other-

or perhaps it is me in every character as I've often heard said.)

 

I hope this is a year full of lovely magic for you

I hope you understand that ultimately

we're all in this together

along for the ride.

 

Here is a pretty rendition of

"A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes"

 

 

written by Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Mack David

and played by Adrian Holovaty from Chicago

 

Happy New Year

Sweet Dreams