I am so lazy that I never get around to writing anything worth while. The news looks like it's found a theme to harp on while the occupation of Iraq continues to crumble U.S. credibility around the world. I submitted an application for the holiday show offering three pieces to the Art Center. a painting and two silver anticlastic forms (none finished.) the painting have an idea for. Titled Bright Moon, it will be an abstraction based on a piece i did last year. The two silver pieces are ones that I have worked on over the past few months. Wound #1, (not a very cheerful theme for the holiday,) is all complete as far as forming the silver. all I need is the right coral bead and some black silk thread to make the suture. The other piece started as a bracelet but I will follow Denny's suggestion, "make it a pendant." and suspend it from a woven leather cord. I need to make caps for the end of the cord. silver cones should work. Then I will cap the ends of the hollow form.... Or maybe something else on an eighteen inch cord. as long as it has an "ARC," it will fit the title.