RE: Meeting My Mentor, the Early Years Part 1
That is about the coolest house I've ever seen. Amazing, and it fits so well with that area of the country. The inside work is so funky and artistic. I love it. Did she have to plywood the whole outside, to make it flat and have everything 'stick'? I'm not all that familiar with the process in the outdoors.
Such and interesting project to go back and view the past. It's really fun to read, particularly after meeting you in person. Always amazes me how everyone has such a unique, multi-faceted, complex journey in life. And EVERY person is so different in the end (or when we meet them). We are all so unique. How boring it would be to be otherwise.
I've just recently come to appreciate this long life journey each of us goes through, and how many of the 'steps', no matter how long, are so important and far reaching. It is all so fascinating when you really ponder the journey and what it entails.
Such good fortune to have been able to meet and sustain a friendship with such a creative, giving person. That is so beyond priceless in today's world of the hustle and bustle. And that you have been able to stay in such close contact as friends, even more so.
I look forward to more of your 'tale' of journeying through the artists life. Have a nice day in the clay.
hello @ddschteinn! thanks for your support and comment, her house was stucco to begin with which is actually a decent surface for tile. Anything that is concrete-based is good. Anything that expands and contracts with moisture and temperature (plywood for example) is particularly NOT good for tile :-). Just imagine how the tile stays still while the wood moves. Pretty soon the thinset and grout will flake and crumble and tile will pop off.
I agree that each step winds up being important in the big picture and it's always hard to know at the time which experiences are the important ones. I guess this is why it's so essential to be as present as we can throughout every moment of our lives from mundane to spectacular!