Life's too short....

There are quite a few blogs that I visit  where people zentangle

Terrie, Anne and Neesie 

just to name a few are pretty cool at the whole process

and Jenn set this as a challenge for the Artist's Play Room

and I have to say that as much as I love Jenn

this has made me question her sanity

not to mention the masochists who came up with the concept

because there is nothing zen about these puppies

meditative my ass

these are just do your head in frustrating...

and at the end of the day 

while my admiration for those mad people 

who manage to create gorgeous and complex tangles

without having a breakdown, is off the charts

I abandoned it before it was done 

and have happily thrown it in the life's too short basket

Tangles join 

an ever expanding pile

which includes lots of things that I just don't get

as well as some things that I actually admire

but at the end of the day

the effort required for me to master these things

 is enough to make my life force drain away

things like...

understanding the life cycle of critters

knowing how to program the cable hard drive

I tend towards point and push every button till it works or until someone saves me

any baggy pants music

you know rap/ hip hop and all that music 

that require the artists to wear trousers about five sizes too big

don't get it, don't like the sound of it, and isn't that just uncomfortable???

ironing underpants

seriously who would do that

folding fitted sheets

and don't bother going all Martha Stewart on me and explain how it can be done

with my coordination

there is a possibility of broken limbs and/or furniture

if I try to do anything beyond the roll and stuff

other favourites are

football and anything football related

actually pretty much any sport in any form

just don't do sport baby

or cars

bbq lighting

weed poisoning

tree lopping

pool chemicals

rubbish tips

or power tools

which is why Sinus is the perfect man for me 

as he embraces all these things

with sometimes alarming enthusiasm

but he is very capable

and all limbs are still present

so all good there

another for the pile is

 asking for help from a smart assed 16 year old

who when asked what she thought should be on the list

said

thinking of things to go on stupid lists

ahhh the joys of a teenager

so to honour her 

also on the pile are

physics, chemistry and maths, both pure and applied

no matter how many times she explains it

just not getting it, don't care and if I am honest it kind of makes me feel 

like poking myself in the eye with a fork

and so, like zentangles, 

they are gloriously dumped in the life's too short basket

of course if you head over to the Artist's Play Room

you will see all sorts of wonderful, highly skilled examples

but what you don't see 

is that behind the scenes they are all slightly mad

lovely 

but mad... xx

For less frustrating artwork 

the last few posts has been

No Pearl Jam Peony...

Teaspoons...