Do It Yourself...

hat, scarf & wrist-warmers for a kick-a$$ colleague
my first dress prototype

fingerless gloves for the guitar players of the world...


i'm not sure if it's in my genes, is a human disposition or a peculiar predicament of this time in my life. but  i want to make everything. and when i say everything, i mean, everything. i want to build my own house. make my own bread, grow my own wheat, grow my own vegetables, make my own clothes, knit my own sweaters, write my own stories, sing my own songs, oh, the list goes on & that's as bandit as my life gets right now. i'll be writing somewhere else on the web for now. until then, peace within and without! creativity is an unalienable right!

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Donella Martin Braddix said…
Wow. I'm kind of feeling the same way. I'm ready to birth some more babies-- a couple of photographs, particularly. I might do a photo shoot before the year is out.
7:04 PM
blackgirl on mars said…
That sounds great! I'm into creating all I can right now...sometimes I have to force myself to chill! ;-)
10:52 PM
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