Today my daughter and I took a trip down to Toledo to visit the Caravaggio exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art before it closes this weekend. While we were there we also checked out the Marisol Retrospective, which I thought was fantastic. I love Caravaggio and many of the renaissance painters, but I find that I get a lot of inspiration from some of the weirder more experimental artists out there.

After the museum we stopped for lunch at Poco Loco, and there was some cool street art nearby.

This evening I had pottery class and was excited to see that my zebra was ready to come home. I think he turned out great. Worth three hours of painstakingly painting the spots.

I also glazed a few pears and the gears dish that I made a couple weeks ago. I used black under glaze with a thin coat to the textured amber on the top for each. I am firing the pears on stilts so the glaze can go all around.

I then made some molds and stamps for future projects. And started on a bowl that is supposed to look woven together with bones? But it tumbled off the stand when I was making it so we will see if it cracks while drying. I also made some leaves for an idea for a larger sculptural piece I’m thinking about making.

Today was a pretty busy day for me art wise. I should be writing some of the ideas I’ve been having all day down before I go to bed, but the day’s activities are quickly catching up with me and I may have to wait until tomorrow.

Do you find that you forget your creative ideas if you don’t write them down soon after you think of them?