Finding the Way

I have been trying to settle into the new semester.  I'm finding it a struggle to focus in on the very large topic of shame.  I am reading and researching loads and trying to identify what exactly I am hoping my work communicates.  I have been offered really great gifts by two friends.  Fabric and sheets and alginate and plaster gauze to help in finding my direction.  I felt I had mixed critiques and am trying to let the  comments I don't need fall away and hone in on the information that will assist in moving through to the next step on the work.