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		<title>Consolidating and Keeping Close to the Heart</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love to chase rabbits! Love to follow ideas to see where they&#8217;ll take me. I love the energy of the chase and I use it to start new projects. Planning is not my strong point, imagination and spontaneous invention &#8230; <a href="http://www.toadhollowstudio.com/wp_blog/2008/04/consolidating-and-keeping-close-to-the-heart/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love to chase rabbits! Love to follow ideas to see where they&#8217;ll take me. I love the energy of the chase and I use it to start new projects. Planning is not my strong point, imagination and spontaneous invention are. In the past few months, I&#8217;ve started quite a few projects and, in order to keep them all afloat, I need to pull them closer to center and tie them all together.</p>
<p>I draw, as you well know, and I write, as you may have deduced. I write drawing lessons, forum posts, blog posts, and pages for my main website. It&#8217;s kind of embarrassing doing all this writing, because I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s what I do best. I <em>draw</em> best. I really do. But, the words I write make teaching possible, another thing I love, and they make my drawing club work, also greatly loved. And all these words make a little money, too, which makes it possible for me to work from home and have more time for drawing.</p>
<p>This complicated swirl of projects originated in my heart, and they stay close to it. I&#8217;m standing in the middle right now, and examining all the connections, tightening knots, and taking a good look at each an every child of my heart. It&#8217;s good to see they&#8217;ve finally learned how to work together, or maybe I&#8217;ve learned how to be a better caretaker. Either way, it&#8217;s a relief.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to send a humble thanks out to Mark Bernstein, the author of the article called &#8220;<a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving/">Writing for the Living Web</a>.&#8221; I read through it often and it gives me the courage to write with my own voice, and that&#8217;s what makes all of this possible.</p>
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