"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass: it's about learning to dance in the rain." Anonymous

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. --Stella Adler 

***See 2009 posts in archive (on right below) for video of ceramic pieces

"A day without laughter is a day wasted" ~ Charlie Chaplin

Music was my refuge.  I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.  ~Maya Angelou, Gather Together in My Name

Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.
~Rumi

Our stumbling blocks are stepping stones.

Ruth Montgomery

Strangers Among Us