It is always a good thing for me to see other artists' works, for I usually get inspired. Tonight I was looking at rather dreamlike and fanciful images, some of them quite detailed. My 'automatic drawings' are dreamlike, but not very detailed. They are rather doodlelike. I would like for some of them to have more detail, but I get a very specific feeling when I should quit drawing. So when I get that feeling, I end the picture. Although my much more greatly detailed colored pictures show more realism and skill, there is something about the compositional quality of my automatic drawings which is superior. If I could combine the detailed finess with a pleasing movement through out the picture, I'd be on to some real improvement as an artist. However, I'm happy with tonight's image, Stitching The Dreams. Obviously, my daytime activities have also inspired this image. Should anyone not know, 'Dual Duty', as I've labeled the spool of thread, is an actual brand. Its use may imply a sort of 'dual duty' at work here, as well. It is also quite obvious that if you didn't know the gender of the artist who did the above picture, you would know a woman had done it. I wonder in how many other ways the subtle sign of my gender makes its way into my images? The artist tells many secrets about herself she does not yet know? Stitching The Dreams - BW version