{"id":1299,"date":"2012-02-24T07:20:24","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2012-02-24T07:20:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T15:20:24","slug":"caught-in-the-sticky-web-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/24\/caught-in-the-sticky-web-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught in the Sticky Web of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1123\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/99-web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1123\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1123\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/99-web.jpg?resize=504%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dew jeweled spider&#039;s web in my yard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Early in the week the misty morning revealed this beautiful spiders web that was drawn like a lace curtain across an old rusty garden sculpture in my yard.\u00a0 The dewdrops unveil the intricacy of the spider\u2019s lair. \u00a0The torn and mended spots are exposed as well, illuminating the spider\u2019s labors, revealing her efforts to keep all the strands connected, a structure for her livelihood.\u00a0 When one piece is torn or worn she must address it or risk the whole entanglement coming undone.\u00a0 And so it is with life sometime we must address the torn strand laying at our feet and hope that days of visioning and creating aren\u2019t too far off. This week I had every intention of painting a February painting to include in my ongoing calendar series but life got in the way. \u00a0An extra day off for my son from school, graphic art deadlines that just wouldn\u2019t quite get gone, emails that needed action on and on and on, you know how it goes.\u00a0 In my house we say it was a \u201cIf you give a mouse a cookie\u201d day (referring to the children\u2019s book by written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond).\u00a0 This is a favorite with little kids including my son back in the day.\u00a0 It starts with \u201cIf you give a mouse a cookie, he\u2019s going to want a glass of milk, if you give him a glass of milk he\u2019ll probably want a straw\u2026. and so on\u201d.\u00a0 So this week was full of \u201cIf you give a mouse a cookie days\u201d in fact it was a whole cookie week.\u00a0 Like pulling a loose thread on a sweater that just kept unraveling, it seemed I couldn\u2019t bring anything to resolution.\u00a0 And so it goes.\u00a0 I\u2019ll finish my February painting next week and share it with you Friday, which by the way will be March already!\u00a0 Sometimes you just have to follow the cookie crumbs life presents you with, in my case I can only hope there are chocolate chips involved.<\/p>\n<p><em>Speaking of webs if you are a visual person you might like Pinterest. 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