The morning breeze has secrets to tell you

I've been thinking about inspiration a lot lately. Ideas have been flooding me at an almost alarming rate and I'm feeling the need to act. To make these things concrete. One is a project I'll be revealing soon having to do with shelter animals and my art. I also have far more ideas for paintings than I have time to complete. For now sketches will have to suffice for those that haven't made it to the easel yet.

This past weekend was spent on the Oregon coast celebrating a friends' birthday. Good friends, tasty food and the ocean. Ah, the ocean - always a source of inspiration. Even when it snuck up and drenched me. Was the water cold? Oh my, yes! Yet I found myself standing there, laughing like a 3 year old playing in the sprinkler, still inspired to take more photos and contemplating ideas for more art projects.

And speaking of inspiration, I love the quote below from Rumi:

"The morning breeze has secrets to tell you

Do not go back to sleep"

Perhaps that's why I've been suffering from insomnia for the past few months. I suspect there's more to it than that, but I like the idea that this might be the answer to my forays into sleeplessness. 

In the meantime, here are some images from my inspirational weekend, including the heart shaped rock I found. Hopeless romantic that I am, I was tickled pink and it now sits on our mantle.