09.04.11

I like the fact that when you sleep your brain sorts through the info from your day and you wake with a fresh perspective. You have to catch that thought quickly though , as otherwise it gets bogged down with the new day's tasks and detritus.
This project started with quite a different theme and has slowly been pared down until it has become simply about my personal response to my home. Last night it gained the title 'Tea at Emma's with cake and cats' due to a tea-pot which a close friend had given me for my 40th and this morning I woke looking at a print that my Grandmother gave me when I was 21, showing a cat sleeping on a table with tea and cake.

These to me are not just sentimental items, they are indicative of who I am as seen by those close to me and show the essence of what is important to me.  My home is about friends and family, it's about making them welcome and looking after them. It's about love and warmth, conversation, laughter, comfort, colour, softness and the odd cat !
I see these as qualities in my home and I hope somewhat in me ( not the odd cat ! ) , which are going to be fundamental to my project if it's to have vibrancy and integrity.

It's all sounds fairly straightforward on paper but the great difficulty for me will be letting go and resisting the temptation to over-think my work.

Armed with one of the great essentials of life, I'm off to play ...