Candy

Ceramicist Maria Overbye's work, via girl from the corner table

Maria Overbye's home via so-mee blog

Maria Overbye's home via emmas designblogg

Maria Overbye's home via emmas designblogg

Maria Overbye's home via emmas designblogg

Just some pure home dec eye candy for a quiet Tuesday afternoon. The best candy is usually from artists, as in this case. This is the home of Norwegian ceramic artist Maria Overbye. You can look at her work here. Most of these photos are from emmas designblogg which you can see here. Other photos from so-mee blog, here, and girl from the corner table blog, here.

Lately

I have been working on some larger paintings and drawings lately. I've been a bit distracted because we are working on some house projects and gardening season just kicked off with shoveling 5 yards of compost onto the beds this week. I'm sure this is what everyone deals with...balance. I love my home and garden almost as much as making art, so there is a constant weighing going on in this corner of Maine. I'm pretty sure it's no different where you are.

Nourishment

This is a book that nourishes me. If you've never read it, it's about how we can learn to control our consciousness to be happier. The interesting thing about the flow state is that we are happy when we are deeply engaged in something that completely takes our attention so we can't think about or worry about anything else! That  activity has to be challenging enough to keep us engaged, but not so challenging that we give up. That's my interpretation at the moment anyway. You can listen to Csikszentmihalyi on this TED talk.