I never knew

Tonight after Januaryistmas (a super delayed Christmas/New Years/Presidents Day celebration) was over my father-in-law hugged me and said, "I never knew you were so much fun!"

Apparently for the last 10 years I have managed to repress my Christmas-induced childish side that loves to air guitar to Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas music.

Meanwhile my husbands' step niece was getting chewed out for her Dirty Harry routine in school: "You dirty twits aren't fit to be second graders". You can't make that kind of line up! But you can add to it..." Go ahead, make my recess."

So what does this have to do with my installation? Not much, except for these two Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten principles:

1.) Don't take yourself so seriously that your family doesn't really know who you are for the first 10 years

2.) Say what you think, but keep your insults proper.

In other words, don't wait for the right time to do or say what you want.

I've been wanting to make a life-sized hair drawing for years now (maybe 8?), and to push the technique further. I started the practice in 1998. Today, I learned about yet another artist using hair in her work and taking it far beyond where i've ever gone.

The life-size hair drawing I made for the installation was a success for me because it fulfilled a dream (check) and I got it out of my system. Now I can move on to other things. Like shading with cross hatched hairs, perhaps? Or branching into "performance art" with the T-S Orchestra...

What are you wanting to say, do, or try?