I have often heard it said that I am just like my mother. There have been times I looked at the other person with the “What?” expression and then there are those times that I have said, gladly, “Yep” and proud of it. This is one of those times, but things are a bit backwards, she is a lot like me. You see, my mom has been turned on by the allure and addiction of collage. Not a bad thing at all, within reason, but one that makes me laugh out loud because I know my mother. I know her creativity runs wild like mine, her enthusiasm for a new project is contagious like mine, and…..like me, she can lose complete tracks of time in her own “creative world” just like me.

She came over the other day so that we could work on her Goddess of Cut Paper collage. Of course, she didn’t approach it in the conventional way, it’s not in her nature, or mine, LOL! so we put our heads together and brought it to fruition. She is most proud of it and so am I. You see, it’s not often one gets to paint with their mother, or do collage, or chill out and just play with their mother, so the time that we spent doing this meant way more to me than the finished piece, but for her first, it is quite lovely.

 I can remember as a kid always having art supplies handy and one Christmas we made handmade ornaments for our tree. Not just a few, but an entire tree’s worth of ornaments, with burgundy velvet, gold trim, and lots of other blingy stuff. I will never forget that ‘arts and crafts’ time and our tree…..well….it was a sight to behold. Let it be safe to assume that the creative gene, the one that keeps my brain ticking, came wildly packaged from my mother to me, and thank God for it. Here is her masterpiece, made of collage, fabric, paint, and assembled pieces. Way to go mom!