My initial venture into the creative process was my garden. Gardening flowers, then later vegetables, became my therapy. My sanity. Back then I also sewed, and created web pages, and wrote. Although I didn't really associate any of these with creativity, looking back, I understand that this is what it was.
It wasn't until my life settled down enough that I was able to begin dabbling in things that one might consider "artistic" that I realized how important creativity was to my life. My passion at the moment is dyeing textiles with natural elements: plant matter and rusty things in particular. I like that I can take elements from my garden (most recently the petals from my blue delphinium and my purple bee balm), wrap them up in silk, and a few hours later unwrap them, and be delighted--or at times disappointed-- by the results. It's a creative process and a learning process, and the brain is fueled by both.
I hope you enjoy some of the things I'm working on.
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