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The school year is off to a pretty good start, the work I did on my room over the summer is paying off. Perspective, proportions of the human face, pottery wheel, using a grid to enlarge drawing and slump mold sculpture have all been taught in these first 4 weeks.

My own art has picked back up with the start of the new school year . I took almost 2 months away from art to get my house ready to sell, get my school art room ready, plan curriculum, and make time for all the other things.

With that break, I've found myself questioning my place and style more and more. I don't put art into many galleries or art shows the way I would often like too, and when I do, they usually don't sell. I hate to just keep things around my school art room or home, because that seems pointless. I still get to do plenty of commission work that brings income in and is in many ways satisifying, but i get the feeling that what I do in my own personal work needs to change eventually if I ever intend to move away from commission work. I still feel inspired and motivated to create and work in my current style, but compelled to add more (or less) to what I do. I guess I'm probably thinking or dwelling to much and should probably get to work on 'doing' rather than thinking. Sometimes my analytical side just takes over way to much.

Hope all is well for all of you- Mike