All this persuit of perfect health ( not to belittle anyone's struggle with that ) can sometimes leave the inner artist feeling unfed, un-danced and a little weary...here in the north where we are entering the grey season (cold and leafless, but not so cold that we have snow) there's a little bird inside that wants to sing, and be surrounded in colour....not so much the garish colours of a merchandised Christmas that one sees all around, but the ones that bubble up from inside. Radiance. Something born of the hand engaged with the heart and the eye.

This is a wonderful site for reawakening that inner joy and creativity and just for the love of beauty and fine craftsmanship


http://www.ornamentmagazine.com/vision.html

there are lots of galleries within to link to. This is a beautiful magazine too...If you've never seen it, you'll be amazed at the level of creativity...very nice to have 'in hand' too, collectable, but you don't have to buy it...you can just enjoy the pictures.