Overcaffeinated

I give up. I've tried and tried to write a cohesive post. I just can't do it today. Here's what's swirling and marinating in the brain pot:

• Unexpected colors. Aren't those sickly leaves, removed from this potted plant (finally identified as Plectranthus ciliatus) gorgeous? The yellow tops and eggplant undersides of the leaves make a fantastic color combo.
• Power misused and misconceived as dominance vs. innate, energetic, creative power.
• Chairs / thrones as signifier and symbol of domineering power. Recasting the throne as a symbol of creative power.
• Making 3-D pieces. Chairs, passages, goddess / spirit totem / mythical figurines.
• Chrysalis time.
• Non-monetary valuation and non-monetary measures of success. Non-competition. Contentment and fulfillment without consumption.
• Bell jars.
• Mending and making. Joyfully making do with materials in the dwindling stash. Restriction, fewer choices = creativity, invention. 
• Beginning. No preconceived end goal. Working to see what happens. Serendipity. No rules. Working to get the work out.
• Patience. Illness. Healing. Allowing my body to take the rest it demands. Regaining energy. Conserving energy. Sleepiness.
• Getting over feeling like reading is idleness. Put reading on the to do list.