Friday, September 22, 2017

New Endeavors

I am having a great time with a new endeavor - teaching collage workshops.  Life presents new opportunities all the time and as Babe Ruth declared, "If there is a fork in the road, take it."  So I did.   This summer, I was asked to teach a class about how to make my collage blocks and I decided to plunge in.  My take away from the first class I ran was that I could impart the information and process effectively and was able to look at what people were doing and make helpful suggestions that moved them along.  I've run this workshop several times in several galleries and have been asked to create new classes.  How fun and how unexpected.  I challenged myself to try something new and it worked.  It does not always, yet I have never regretted venturing out into new territory.  Years ago, I decided I wanted to do a particular type of training and I actually put ads in the yellow pages about my new specialty before even starting the training.   There was a deadline and I was sure this was my new path.  Well, it did not work out that way.  I did not like the training, it was not a good fit for me.  I received a lot of calls from the ads and had to refer people out.  I tried something new, it didn't pan out, so I moved on and never had to think "I wish I had...".  What is it you wish you had done and didn't?  Maybe now is the time.


Some Class Members



Beautiful blocks they made