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I've started on a new project. I decided to resurrect an old 4 piece screen. You know like the show girls used to undress behind in those black and white movies. The one I picked up a few years ago, was just the frame work. I had to think how I was going to fill the panels. There had been ideas about expensive material, or a painting, perhaps a dragon. It has sat in the shed for at least 3 summers while I wrestled with this problem, or not. I finally decided to try a huge collage, 4 panels of great art works. I had to find some old art books ,that I wouldn't feel guilty cutting up. Something where I could feel like I was freeing the images to once again be admired by folks. This led to an interesting story, that You'll have to visit the discussion page to read about, cause I'm not doing all that typing again. Anyway I started cleaning up the frames....three freekin' days ago, jeez I'm used to crayons zip zap wallah, I mean if it aint done in six hours.. it's into the flat file, till a better day, but these damn screens, there spread all over My garage, saw dust everywhere, and I still have to cut the panels, prep em, then I have to cut all the flippin' "great masters" flippin' work, then I gotta learn how to do Deco Page or what ever they call it. Then I have to figure out what goes where, Ya can't just slap Your Bonnard down next to Your Whistler, if You know what I mean. I Mean this project is taking over My life. Now the pressure is starting to set in, I mean I'm gonna have quite a few hours tied up in this thing..quite a few f...... hours, and it's like shit this better be good. Then I thought about poor Michalangelo and that whole chapel thing...whew talk about pressure. That guy worked on that thing for years, I mean , thinkin' "is anyone going to like it, will they get the whole finger thing?" for years...too much tension. I'm getting this headache outta the way, and I'm going back to crayons.