Several times a day I walk from my studio to the barn some 50 yards away to visit my chickens. Sometimes it is gloriously wonderfully spring-like and sometimes it is wet, cold and dreary. Each time I go, I remind myself to be "in the moment" - inhale, exhale and be grateful.
As I practice quieting my life and my art, I allow the canvas and fabric as well as the cows and other images to be descriptive of the good things. My art speaks my words for me.