found art-mother

appropriately, this weeks theme is,"mother". i remember when i was in my 20's having an epiphany- my parents were just regular people! just like me! it wasn't fair that i had always held them up to super hero standards, measuring them up and feeling cheated. oh, it was refreshing; a relief, sitting there going,"ohhhh, i get it, they are actually their own people, with lives and titles outside of ,"mom" and,"dad". though, at that time, i had not yet had children of my own. after my first(of two) was born and my whole life changed ,i had another epiphany..this mom stuff's not so hard, in fact ,i love it! it's fun, and fulfilling and has truely made me happier than i have ever been in my entire life-i mean it- really.

first i drew a mom and a young boy and a baby, it's a sort of self portrait..sort of ( : then i wrote things that were the staple of motherhood to me,"home" ,"patience","great deep love", compassion" and "sacrifice". i also drew a bandaid ( : , and a few hearts. then i put them all in a globe(xmas ornament). i felt like the mom, the kids and the other ingredients(patience, love,etc..) made a "mother" and i put them in that globe to set them in their own little world because thats how it is-the relationships between mothers and their children, it's exclusive and safe and close.

my materials were: shrinky dink plastic(i'm startin' to love this stuff!)for the words ,journal paper for the drawings, glass globe, and a ribbon to hang it with. i plan on setting it free on moms day ,near the beach where all the moms will be having brunch ( :..or as my sister(who is now participating) would say,"all the mums".