Garden Lariat

Garden Lariat
by:

Pinky!

Double strand, glass, shell and metal necklace.
Available in my shop!

If you click on the picture, you can see it a little better. I started this at about 11 one night, and would not stop until it was done. The total length is 32 inches, so you can imagine, I was up a while. Sometimes, I can put a piece down and work later, but more times than not, I'm using it as therapy. If I'm upset or bothered or I just have more on my plate than I can handle, I create. I've done that most of my life.

It gives me the chance to take the ugly feelings and pour them into something useful. Gardening was one of the best ways I did that. I could sit outside in my garden, pulling weeds, tilling, planting, cursing, swearing, getting it all right so that when they bloomed, it would look good. But the whole time, I was putting my anger, hurt and discontent to rest in a flower bed. It never failed, when the plants grew, or bloomed, I was so glad to see that anger had helped create something beautiful.

In some small way, that's what I do with my art. I put all my blah aside and focus on the task at hand. I use my discontent and frustration to design a new piece that I've never done. Then when all the fury has drained, I look back and I have created something beautiful. Creating seems to even the balance of good and bad in myself. And that's cool, because I am really the one that is making the balance within me, I'm just using art as an outlet.