......AND HERE THEY ARE!!!

A few weeks ago (okay, so February 12th is more than a few weeks), I took Madie and one of her friends to an art history lecture over at the Carlos. It was a lecture from Dr. Gay Robbins, the author of my Art History class textbook. She is world renouned, and just totally awesome! My Art History professor, Dr. Melinda Hartwig, recommended the class go attend. Dr. Robbins was speaking about ancient Egyptian culture and the jewelry pieces that they wore. I had never been to the Carlos, and really wanted to go.

....Wait.

You don't know what the heck the 'Carlos' is, you ask?

Okay, here in Atlanta we lovingly call it the "Carlos" and it is the "Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory" which, of course, is at the Emory University. It is the most awesome museum collection of Egyptian Antiquities that you would ever want to see!

I get chills just thinking that these pieces were created thousands of years ago. And here they are! Right here in our back yard...waiting for us to go by and take a peek. It's like a time machine, only you don't have to jump back thousands of years in the past. You get to stay here, in the present time, with all the modern plumbing included.

I look at this picture of Madie and chuckle. The art history lecture was scheduled to start after 6:00pm, so the Carlos was closed. She was disappointed that the doors were locked to the museum, but she was just crazy for the artwork that was hanging on the walls or sitting on tables for display. She took a million pictures. I took a million pictures. So, together we should have about two million pictures, right? Well, not exactly that many...but a darn good bunch! I love this picture the most of all. She was pretending to be a tour guide, pointing out artwork and making up stuff as she went. It was just hilarious to be a part of her magical tour and step back into time.

It was great fun---And the museum was even closed!! I can't wait to go back and see it when the museum is open. It is awesome that we can choose to make our own fun, no matter where we are and in spite of our circumstances. I love that about my daughter.

I'm not sure if she has a future as a tour guide, what with the frumpy hair (don't EVEN go there!) and being so short. But, she sure can think fast on her feet and provide hours of entertainment talking about things she barely can even pronounce. Personally, I believe it is her big feet that gives her that finely honed sense of humor, confidence, and wit......But then, she gets those from her mother! (ha!ha!...get it? fast on her "feet"....really big feet....okay, it was a joke!)

Seriously, though. The Carlos is one of Atlanta's best kept secrets! So, GO! ENJOY! LEARN!

Beginnings.......

Oh my gosh!

I cringe at the first time that I have to post something or start a paper or drawing.


I do.

I guess that I am just not that great at finding a 'jumping off' point, which I think stems from the fact that I never know where the beginning of something is or if there is an end.


Now, when I knit something together, I know where to start and end based on the fact that I am creating something three-dimensional that you can hold in your hands.
When I create something like that, I have a starting point.
I create something recognizable out of things that normally would have no life on their own, like the string of yarn or flat fabric that eventually gets sewn together to create a garment or blanket.
That is easy to find a starting point and begin a project.

Thinking like that, it leads me to the thought of exactly 'where' is the beginning?
Or maybe, exactly 'what' is the beginning?

When I worked as a Business Analyst, I was intrigued to discover that what was acceptable for most people as the business process 'beginning' was woefully misplaced. I had suspected that it was influenced by earlier patterns of activities and proved myself correct each time.
Not just once.
Not just a few times.
Not many times.
Every time.

And that got me to thinking.......

Does it all come down to Physics?
Does the beginning of one thing have a lasting affect on everything?
And since everything is changing because the next thing is beginning, are there no endings and no beginnings? Like the game of Life, do we just hunt for the block that says START and go from there?

Well, I love games!!