THE IMPORTANT WORK

Sometimes I forget the "IMPORTANT WORK."  "THE IMPORTANT WORK" that is the ongoing process of who I am on the inside as a person, as an artist.  "THE IMPORTANT WORK" that is maybe only meaningful to me, but satisfies and fulfills that part of me that just wants to love my own imagination and creativity.  Creativity and imagination that is my own discovery.  Stuff that I didn't think existed until I embarked on fashioning it myself, for myself.

This is "THE IMPORTANT WORK" that no one else sees except in the guise of finished pieces. This is "THE IMPORTANT WORK" that embodies the journey of who I am.  A journey that seems to go off track, but then levels off and returns to the original voyage that began so long ago.  I realize that its okay that it only holds significance to me and for me.  Its one of the few things that I can be selfish and selfless about, just for me.

Sometimes "THE IMPORTANT WORK" seems so simple to outsiders or even other artists.  A join that is well soldered, a saw cut that is even and smooth, a practised hand finish, a beautiful patina and all the care that is required to accomplish even basic, but foundational skills.  They all require just that, skill.  And a devotion to those things that make up a whole, gorgeous, extraordinary piece that is wonderful just because of these details.      

I have come to understand that "THE IMPORTANT WORK" is and always will be what I make it.