PERFECTING MY CRAFT











I'm ripping rectangular shaped pieces of muslin, pinning it to the form, drawing my design lines, the tailors chalk breaks. I stand back to look at what I've draped so far, "hey that looks interesting" I say to myself, "maybe I should keep it that way."  I now have a new design, slightly different from my sketch. I quickly sketch a new drawing which includes my newly found "interesting element." I glance at my iPod; it's 4:45 in the morning, wow, and o.k. I think to myself, so “I'll stay up for thirty more minutes to finish this muslin." 
I didn’t make it to bed.