Give me land lots of land…

cowboys and creativity

My friend and partner in crime, graphic/web designer Maggie Pace sent this to me today. Ain’t it the truth. I know to my South Dakota friends I am no cowgirl, however the great plains of my upbringing gives me a great need for freedom and room to roam. I don’t like to be fenced in–it makes me nervous. I even like to sit close to exits in case I need to flee (not sure what that is about, I’ll explore that with my therapist later).

Thanks Maggie! Indeed words to live by.

Episodic Hump of Blues

Lisa Lillibridge, Dakota 1966, Drop Cloth design, leather, vermont

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My family is gone and I have my days to myself now. There is a lot of work that needs to be done at home so off to the studio I go. When I arrived this morning I just fell in love (again) with my old drop cloths. No wonder I’ve kept them all—I am more than a little obsessive about them. They are LIFE to me—colorful, messy, threadbare and occasionally they have very interesting doodles or sayings or phone numbers on them. I made a bag out of this piece of drop cloth. I just couldn’t resist. I sort of remember writing this down and I guess it explains those days that we aren’t feeling awful we’re just having an…