With Passover starting on Wednesday night, I’m beginning to feel stressed. I still have a fair amount of preparation to do, but mainly, I’m feeling apprehensive about having guests. It’s the first time we’ve hosted anything at our house since my diagnosis. Nearly everyone coming to our seder knows that I’m an Aspie, so I feel comfortable with the idea of taking breaks when I need them. But I’m also feeling sad, remembering past years, when I worked so hard to fit in and to try to make everything “perfect.” It’s good to be relieved of that burden, but there’s a sadness that comes with letting it go as well.
Since I’m going to need some time to rest and prepare, I probably won’t be able to post for several days. In the meantime, I thought I’d put up some photos of my latest art work.
I’ve continued to fuss with the crown I made a few weeks ago. I’m going to consider it finished now. I’ve added some more beads, a copper bell, and a lapis pendant that makes the bell ring:
I also decided to add several wind chimes to the spoon mobile, all of which have their own string of beads. Now the mobile makes a beautiful sound and has even more sparkling color than before:
Finally, I made a celestial mobile with smaller wind chimes. I love any kind of celestial object, so I found as many as I could and put them together:
Happy Passover, Happy Easter, Happy Spring to all!
© 2009 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
Beautiful! Simply beautiful! You should show at a gallery.
Thanks. I live in a town full of artists and small galleries. At some point, I hope I’ll feel brave enough to venture out into that community.
Perfection is overrated. Happy Passover.
Oh and BTW, I totally love the mobiles. Especially the spoons one. I think you would get a lot of interest if you chose to show at a gallery.
Erin, you’re so right. Perfection ain’t what it’s cracked up to be! And thanks for your support and encouragement about my art work. It means a lot.
it looks like you’re having fun. good luck with the guests! i’ve only had a couple of multi-guest functions at my place, ever, but despite getting stressed over making everything *perfect*, i still look forward to doing it again, though maybe with fewer hors d’oeuvre….
The French have a saying: “Perfect” is the enemy of the good.