Comments on: My New Book is in My Hands! http://colorforbeadartists.com/2008/04/14/my-new-book-is-in-my-hands/ Exploring the good, the bad, and the beautiful of color Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:28:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: colorforbeadartists http://colorforbeadartists.com/2008/04/14/my-new-book-is-in-my-hands/#comment-18 colorforbeadartists Thu, 15 May 2008 23:57:00 +0000 http://colorforbeadartists.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-18 Robin, I like how you word this: "Will I “get along with it?” That is so true and made me laugh. There is always something in each book I create I just do not get along with. Its usually a small thing no one but myself would notice. Regarding letting go: I remember when I realized I no longer had every page of "The Beader's Guide to Color" memorized. I felt like I'd lost something, even though I no longer needed to know all that - the book was print and I could look it up if necessary. I felt like a negligent mother who couldn't remember her child's first word or birthday. I let that guilt go as soon as I identified it. But it really startled me to have had those feelings! How intimate we become with our creations! I think that is part of making true art, that level of intimacy. -Margie Robin,

I like how you word this: “Will I “get along with it?”

That is so true and made me laugh. There is always something in each book I create I just do not get along with. Its usually a small thing no one but myself would notice.

Regarding letting go: I remember when I realized I no longer had every page of “The Beader’s Guide to Color” memorized. I felt like I’d lost something, even though I no longer needed to know all that - the book was print and I could look it up if necessary. I felt like a negligent mother who couldn’t remember her child’s first word or birthday. I let that guilt go as soon as I identified it. But it really startled me to have had those feelings! How intimate we become with our creations! I think that is part of making true art, that level of intimacy.
-Margie

]]> By: Robin A. http://colorforbeadartists.com/2008/04/14/my-new-book-is-in-my-hands/#comment-17 Robin A. Thu, 15 May 2008 23:26:02 +0000 http://colorforbeadartists.wordpress.com/?p=11#comment-17 I'm nodding and nodding and nodding in agreement... So it is, in every way, just as you say. "Heart to Hands Bead Embroidery" born just a few days before your book, was the same way for me. I wrote this about it on my blog: I feel like I imagine an expecting mother might feel as she's wheeled into the delivery room. Will it look OK? Will the cover flaps be folded correctly? Will people want to buy it? Will the color printing process handle all the color photos satisfactorily? Will I "get along with it?" There's really quite a lot of angst along with the excitment and pleasurable anticipation... more than with previous books, probably because this one really has my heart and soul in it... it IS my baby. As you say, Margie, we then have to let it go.. send it out with our blessings! I’m nodding and nodding and nodding in agreement… So it is, in every way, just as you say. “Heart to Hands Bead Embroidery” born just a few days before your book, was the same way for me. I wrote this about it on my blog:

I feel like I imagine an expecting mother might feel as she’s wheeled into the delivery room. Will it look OK? Will the cover flaps be folded correctly? Will people want to buy it? Will the color printing process handle all the color photos satisfactorily? Will I “get along with it?”

There’s really quite a lot of angst along with the excitment and pleasurable anticipation… more than with previous books, probably because this one really has my heart and soul in it… it IS my baby.

As you say, Margie, we then have to let it go.. send it out with our blessings!

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