Oh, yeah!!! I forgot I'm a cuckoo clock!!!

Blossom, are you still a cuckoo clock? Maybe? Maybe not?

I'm not sure....? do ye think i'm a cuckoo clock?

No, I see you as ............. a brave artful doggie!!!!!!!

A BRAVE ARTFUL GINGER DOGGIE!!!!!!!!!! have you ever painted something and not know what it is??

Oh yes!! and, yes!!! Turn it upside down or sideways, then look at it.

I've done that and i still dunno.....

Have you looked at it from far away?

Are there parts you like, that can be cropped out?

'finding' likes cubism, Blossom.

I'm sure she's made lots of things that don't have names ...

yeah I've tried everything. I tried taking photos and I've put them on the computer and I still dunno. it's driving me crazyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I asked my cousin the other day and she sees a face in it but I don't see it.... I kinda like the whole thing together...

Maybe it's supposed to be one big thing that doesn't have a name.

maybe....but I wish it did have a name..... it was meant to be my abandoned self!!! but now I dunno...

Well, you could go with a neutral name like 'Abandoned'.

But names aren't all that important for right-brained things; they are what they are.

It's not so much the name that I'm worried about....I just want to be able to look at it and see something.

Well then, let it be for a while, and do something else. That's very good that you like it....maybe it is leading you somewhere to an art style that works for you! It's important to not overdo something that is working!!! One of my favorite authors says, "touch the world lightly", in other words, don't get too heavy handed, and things will work out better....

Yeah, it could be like me: a work-in-progress. ;-)

ok, i suppose i'll leave it for a while... It'll probably end up getting thrown out or something!!!!

Ha! have you been eating your vegetables malign...?

Yikes!!! Please do not be so quick to throw things away, OK????? Do you throw your stuff away???????

Artists have to watch out for that impulse. I call it the "hate factor." For some reason right after they've created something, they hate it and want to destroy it. They have NO BUSINESS doing that!!!! They are not seeing clearly. You have to wait a long time before you are right about throwing something out. I'm serious!!!!!

Let me check my toes.

Actually, I'm in the same boat as 'finding', agewise. I find myself taking more care of what I eat. So, well, I didn't have any veggies for lunch, but I had an apple and a banana; and I always have veggies with dinner.

But take care of your picture; you wouldn't throw me out just because I'm unfinished, would you?

hmmmm, yeah I do sometimes.....sometimes my parents throw away my stuff by accident aswel:( I don't have anywhere to put my work anyway.

You will need a portfolio for school anyway...can you get one and zip it up????

no, malign, I wouldn't throw you out, but it's a little different with my paintings I think!!!

Ye make yerselves sound ancient!!!

Yeah I have a big portfolio case but it's already full.

We're both twice your age, doll. Sometimes talking to you makes it obvious ... Other times, we can all play together and it doesn't matter.

But it's a good thing for everyone to be the age they are; there are good parts and bad parts to everything. For one thing, we get to share the good parts with each other.