The Inopportune Sneeze

Week 2 of being messy

with the Wright Brain Book Group

and I have to say I am starting to get into it

I finished off the page of random thoughts

from last week

which only confirmed all my worst suspicions

that I am prone to off with the pixie moments

at very regular intervals...

no huge surprise there I must admit

so after the ease of that little page

I turned to another page and it fell open to one

where you have to put a line of glue along the top

and let it drip down and dry

and then paint over and generally make a mess of it

it also suggested sanding it

but couldn't find sandpaper

and didn't want to enter Sinus' secret man lair to snaffle some of his

because that is the equivalent of a man going through your handbag

and I am not opening that can of worms 

or else he will be stealing pens, raiding my coins purse 

and generally stealing anything that isn't nailed down in there

So I attacked it with graphite powder instead

which is finely ground graphite that comes in a little bottle

and locksmiths use it to loosen locks

and it is incredibly finely ground and spreads like no bodies business

but when it is rubbed over dried glue

it makes it look like molten metal

which is very fun and shimmery

but ridiculously messy

not just messy on the page messy

but all over the desk, floor and shirt messy

especially when you sneeze

and the grounds go everywhere

and then it takes 15 minutes of whining, bitching and moaning

to get it all cleaned up

lucky it looks so cool

much cooler and more shimmery than the photos actually

The only down side to all this fun

other than the bloody graphite powder going everywhere

is that I am a touch suspicious 

that the messy mind set

has infected other areas of my art

and my spring like piece 

based on the wrapper of my favourite soap

was progressing quite well until I realised that I had

in fact coloured one of the rockmelon wedges with background

and I don't think it is salvageable as a whole...

maybe I will just chop it off and save that bit

for another messy project

and try to recycle the top bit

or maybe I will just have a cup of tea and a chocolate

and contemplate it for a while longer

as I blow my nose for the twentieth time 

to try to get the inhaled graphite powder out of my nasal passages

ahhh the joys of being messy....xx