Welcome to the world Baby Micha š
I am so in love with my newest grandson who is just 2 weeks old. I just love everything about him....the smell of his newborn breath, the softness of his brand new skin, I am in awe of his purity & innocence ā¦and of courseā¦those cheeks!
Ok..Iāll spare you and I wonāt go on (but you know I want to :-)

Here we are at the start of a brand new year 2021 and I realized all this newness is an opportunity to learn from baby Micha. What struck me is that newborns just are who they areā¦they do what they doā¦they donāt apologize for keeping you up all night or vomiting all
over your freshly laundered shirt. They are 150 % themselvesā¦they arenāt trying to be anything but themselves. They arenāt jealous of that other babyās fancy strollerā¦they donāt care about their clothing or if theyāre having a bad hair day. They make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
How do we lose ourselves ā¦our ānewborn nessāā¦to become so alienated from where we startedā¦that we donāt remember & canāt even identify who we are?
We have cloaked ourselves with self-importanceā¦we become our jobs, our titles, our possessions & obsessions. So many layersā¦so, so manyā¦. where has that innocent baby gone?
And ..āwhat in the world does this have to do with ART Danaāā¦you might be asking yourself? Iām so happy you asked!
For me art isnāt really about creating beautiful āthingsā ā¦but itās more about the processā¦of finding what feels right, what looks right to ME. Notā¦ā what will my husband thinkā, āwill my friends like this?āā¦itās really about my journey of rediscovering my baby Micha thru the present choices I make in my artwork and in how I choose to live my life.
I am trying to just BE ME.
Iām not sureā¦especially as women, mothers & grandmothersā¦why this has to be so hard or even a processā¦but I do accept that it is, at least for me. Itās something I try to impart to my students young and old alike. Maybe sometimes they think Iām trying to not teach them by askingā¦āwhat do YOU thinkā, do YOU like those color choicesāā¦by not providing patterns to copy, but rather inspirations as a guide to uncovering their own truth. I hope my intentions become clearā¦eventually šā¦and if not, I take comfort that I have tried to the best of my ability.
It is my wish for this time of newnessā¦this new yearā¦that in some small way we can all take steps (baby steps?!) to get back to our simple, beautiful self that we have somehow covered upā¦maybe thru creating art , changing our thoughts or any way that is meaningful to YOU.

Thank you for reading & being part of my lifelong journeyā¦.I hope in this ever evolving blog to share not only my wayward rambling thoughts..but my art and itās processā¦I hope youāll join me, roll down the window & enjoy the ride .
Sending you some love & light in these crazy times,
Dana