Thoughts on woodwork
Because I work in an environment where creativity is not encouraged and my life is so regimented, woodwork has become my creative outlet - a form of meditation for me in which I lose all sense of time and negatives become POSITIVES.

My work becomes an expression of my personal self. I can do all of the things I never believed I could do, but have always wanted to do. Every time I pick up my woodworking tools, I know I am going to learn something of myself as I take the next step in my latest project. I have learned through the support of this group of wonderful women, that I have an inner "me" who is special and creative and I am coming to like her very much!

I have learned that patience is definitely a virtue and that taking short cuts is not an option in achieving the result I want in my work and, by extension, in my life.

I look forward to every class with positive anticipation and the knowledge that I will learn something new and will be able to give something of myself in return.

Janice McDermott