Time flies - so fly along
It’s been about six weeks since I posted a doll here at MyArtSelf.com. Yikes. Of course I would like to be more regular, but I had a lot on my plate - new priorities pushed their way into my life, and something had to give, for awhile at least, to make way for a different agenda. (I hope to reclaim my more regular blogging routine again, now.)
At any rate, this has prompted me to think a great deal about TIME so I thought it would be appropriate to express some of those thoughts in an art doll for the challenge.
“Time Flies” we say. So I’ve made a little clock with golden wings. If every person possessed a clock like this, we could be taken literally when we say that time flies away from us. I can imagine people running after their clocks with butterfly nets, trying to recapture their time.
But this little doll (Is it male or female? I think it could be either) has wisely sprouted wings. When time starts to fly, the doll takes flight, too. This wise doll has reached an old age because it has learned the art of adaptability.
So much research about longevity claims that “rolling with the punches” is a key attribute that helps people stay healthy and live very long lives.
Sometimes we have to change our routine. That’s okay. My routine has been all out of whack these past few months but I wouldn’t say I have been “wasting my time”. I just had to make some adjustments to my schedule. Some are temporary. Some are possibly long term. I’m rolling with the punches. I’m sprouting wings so when time wants to fly, I can join it.
I think this is the first cloth doll I’ve made for the 100-Art-Dolls Challenge. The body is a cloth wrapped wire armature and the clothes are made of commercial felt. The face is polymer clay molded in a press mold. The hands and feet are clay, too. The feather wings were purchased years ago in a craft shop when I thought I’d make an angel for my Christmas Tree. I like them better on this little person!
(This post relates to Art Doll number 37, Time Flies, June 08, by Stacey Apeitos.)
