Muchas Gracias
(From the blog “Floating on Water“)
Last weekend, I took an amazing letterpress workshop at Sesame Letterpress with Breck and Matt, and I designed and printed the muchas gracias cards in pink using their letterpress! The circumstances in my life that particular weekend were a bit funky. I was very worried because I was waiting for some test results from the doctor – I went to Mexico on the Labor Day weekend and thought I had caught a bad parasite while eating tacos. So I had the perfect setting to cancel my life, not go to the workshop and pout and whine all Saturday. But thanks to Transformation and what I have experienced with my friends from that community, I got myself to DUMBO (down under the Manhattan bridge overpass, a very cool neighborhood in Brooklyn) where Breck and Matt’s lovely studio is, and started working with what was in front of me… I had a blast!
Not only did the worrisome thoughts stop, but I connected with the other students in the class, and was able to relax and have fun. It is so funny how the mind always wants to pull one out of the present and into worst-case scenarios. I walked around the neighborhood, bought an awesome lucelite black ring for five bucks, got some tasty cinnamon-raisin bagels, enjoyed the cool breeze and then headed back to the city. It was easy to slip back into “oh my god, what on earth is growing inside my belly!” kinds of thoughts, but I just kept going for it… the best part is that the results came back. And guess what? I am clean and healthy!! In retrospect, I can see that there was a moment when..BANG, I could choose to go downhill into “worm dramatics” or stay centered despite the uncertainty and have a sense of humor with my life. I love my new cards! I will be selling them along with colorful lined envelopes at Erica Tanov and all I can say is muchas gracias for this wonderful adventure!!
