New Molds due Feb.10
 We're working on new
Female Face Molds
for Maureen's
Feb. 7 - 8 class
in Houston, TX.
As soon as they're ready we'll have them listed on Weefolk.com.
Once that's done, we're on to new Puzzle Face Molds, and some project sheets to accompany the ones that we created in 2008..
Let us know what else you'd like to see from
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Choosing which of the many available blogs to read is a bit like going to the grocery store. You know when you plunk a particular item into your cart that you're missing out on another treat temptation that is too good to be missed. But, oh, isn't the one you chose just glorious?
Here are three of Maureen's current favorites:
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Maureen Carlson
952-492-3260
maureencarlson.com
Dan Carlson
888-933-3655 (toll free)
local: 952-447-3828
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NO MORE GUESSING!
In the past, there were always these kinds of questions: Is the class full? How many students can register? Are there beds available in the dorm?
 NOW we have A BRAND NEW Class and Dorm registration program on line. You can select your bed of choice at our dormitory. There is also additional information listed about each class, which includes the minimum and maximum number of students, the number of students who have registered, the numbers of available beds, and of course, the price for each class and bed.
Our hope is to eliminate confusion and to make  registering a more pleasant experience. This should also free up Maureen so that she can work on that long list of ideas for the garden and gallery and dorm and PR and design and ...
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A Note From Maureen: Telling Stories, Sharing Stories
One of the things that I love about the Center for Creative Arts is that I get to be a part of so many stories! This sharing of ideas and concerns and joys and griefs and creative adventures is one of the things that gives the Center, and me, our joy.
While in the Albuquerque airport last fall I happened upon the work of Brian Andreas, who works under the name Story People. I was captivated. I had been to his website before, but there is something special about seeing his images and words in person, in mass. I loved everything about the work.
I was further delighted when I checked out his website last week and saw a link to Public Zoo which features some of Brian's very, very, very short stories. If you'd like a quick little creative take on life and the world, go to the site, click on the ticket office, choose a "movie" and marvel at the creativity that's rolling around in this here world of ours. It's mind boggling.
So with all of this creativity and wit on display in the world, is there room - or need - for any of us to do one more thing? I believe that the answer to that is a resounding yes, for the real beneficiary of creative activity is the one who is doing it. It's not for the world. It's for us.
Sure, it's nice if someone notices, but there is great satisfaction in looking at something we've created and saying, "It is good. It makes me happy. The process of creating that made me feel real and whole and alive."
In this difficult economic time it is even more important that we find the time to be creative, to feel alive, to resist being beaten and discouraged by the loss of our dreams. I read the other day that the courageous person is she who sings while it is still dark. Without dreamers, and those who sing in the midst of the storm, the world, it seems to me, would be a very dark and threatening place, indeed.
As I write this I recognize that I'm skirting an issue that is nagging at me from the outside edge of this topic-directed brain of mine. The issue is the relationship of creativity as a source of income versus creativity as a source of life. One of my goals for this next month is to do some journaling around that concept. I'll share it with you next time.
In the meantime, I know it to be a fact that opposites are true. With that reassurance I'm off to work, and to dream, and to hum a little tune as I look forward to juggling the possibilites that I just know will come my way in 2009.
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