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The I’s Have It

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i8Inertia: I want to make a stained glass panel for my soon-to-be-born grandbaby. But:

  • I haven’t done stained glass work in a long time and I’m pretty rusty;
  • I’m downsizing so I don’t want to go out and buy a lot of new materials;
  • I don’t want to end up making something that looks horrible.

Inquisitiveness: What could I make that would be fairly simple, using materials I already have on hand, while challenging my perfectionism?

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Idea: I have a sample box of multi-colored rectangles of glass. I have lead came. Straight lines are simple.

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Inspiration: When I lay out the sample pieces, they remind me of a patchwork quilt. I could make my new grandbaby a “quilt.” That’s a grandmotherly gift, right?

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Imagination: What if I added a symbol of some sort? Something meaningful to me that would make the “quilt” more personal… like… a nautilus! [You’ll have to wait for the “N” day to find out what makes the nautilus meaningful to me.]

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Implementation: Get the lead out (literally), and go for it!

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Insight:

  • I’d forgotten how much fun it is to do stained glass and I want to take it up again;
  • simple designs can be just as effective as elaborate ones. I don’t have to plan big projects that require a lot of materials;
  • when my grandbaby is old enough to appreciate this gift, her thoughts will likely not be about how “horrible” it is. Her thoughts might even have to do with recognizing the love that went into the making of this gift.

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Incredible!!!!  ⇒ The way that I feel for having overcome the inertia, impediments and insecurity I felt before taking on this project!

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Isla: The name of my first grandbaby.

I  I is for Incredible.

Inside a Kaleidoscope

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I was speaking with “T” the other day about the importance of making our surroundings pleasing to our senses. T is familiar with my stained glass work and she commented on how wonderful it would be if I hung my glass art in every window of my house.

“It would be like living inside a kaleidoscope!” she told me.

What a vivid image! A home where every room dances with color and light! I might not go for it if I lived in a setting where Nature’s own designs graced my view from each window.

But as I sit in my living room gazing out my picture window at the Walgreens Pharmacy across the street, I’m thinking this just might be the perfect spot for a kaleidoscope. Or at least a stained glass panel.

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In response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sight. “This week’s topic is the colors of the sense of seeing…  [P]ost anything that stimulates or delights you visually.”