Day 237 – Spring Equinox

Yesterday I spent most of the day working on some big mosaics that I’ve been trying hard to complete.  I was having a great time but my daily mosaic kept nagging at me.  I wasn’t seeing an image for it though.  I was scheduled to go to a spring equinox workshop in the evening and I decided instead of forcing the daily mosaic I would create it when I got home from the workshop.  I knew it would be late but it felt right.

  Well, within the first 15 minutes of the workshop I had the image for my daily mosaic! We were talking about the spring equinox as a balance point gestating and sprouting.  I quickly drew what I was seeing.  The bottom part of the design represents the winter when we’re still, planning what we want to bring forward.  The top half is the growth of spring.

I started working on it as soon as I got home.  I started with the center swirl using beads.  Well, it’s not easy to manipulate a string of beads and have them stay in a tight curve.  I decided to put a weight on them and let the glue dry before I continued.  For some reason the glue decided to dry very, very slowly.  I ended up completing the mosaic with the weights still on the beaded part.  I couldn’t take a picture of it that way so I decided to go to sleep and let it dry over night.  The glue is still not dry in some places but at least the beads are now staying in place.  I guess grouting will have to be done late today.

This process was a reminder for me that sometimes I just have to let things go and see what happens.  I have to trust that everything will work out.  It always does.