About this Image When we walk down the road Tony got into the habit of picking of the feathers he sees. He takes them and pins then to the wall. What is interesting about this picture is that it is hanging on the same wall as the real feathers. However the print has more depth than the real thing. You have to come to the studio to see what I mean.

Musings of a muse I have changed this post. It was a long rant about my feelings as it relates to my family. I did it in hopes that it would make me feel better by getting it off my chest. It worked.

When things are not going well we will something's say here is your feather Dumbo. I guess that was why I chose this picture. I had lost my feather. I feel great today, positive and able to cope. Yesterday the dark side of the force had me in its' grip.

I realized this morning that my granddaughter really loves us and we make the most of every second we see her. That is what counts.

At some point in my life I learned that I could control what was happening and therefore I was safe. Of course this is never entirely true. When you lose control it can be very frustrating.

Added to this mix is thinking other people feel the same way about things as you do. For me not being able to control what is happening and people not behaving the way I would makes me feel hurt.

I was close to my parents. Girls probably are closer than boys. They were no doubt, the first people I learned to control.

I gave them money all my life because they had very little. But they gave me something priceless in return. They raised me to feel that I could do anything in world that I wanted to do. They taught me to believe in myself. I love them and miss them, but they are in my heart and so they are always with me. I probably hurt them lots when I was a young parent.

Tony's art is all about control. It takes incredible control to focus on these images, to see something that nobody else sees, and then to manipulate the technology so that we can all enjoy the results.

It takes incredible control and self discipline to keep going and to believe in your work even when nobody else does.

Doctor E taught us that you can't control other people. You can only control how YOU feel about what is happening. That's why I titled this post "It's life".