Saturday morning rain, Chopin and a Latte....

I had plans to wake up and get in my work shop to finish refinishing my old crank out windows for our cottage but was escorted into the morning with the sound of rain.  Oh well, there's nothing better than a quiet morning with some light Chopin, a latte with the house asleep to dream.  Dreaming is really important in life, not far fetched dreams, but ones you can get your hands around and bring to life.  The Buddhist say we "suffer because we desire", and I've been reminding myself daily of these four words since I've been making more money in the past two years.  It's easy when you're poor and living on your own to keep things simple but when you start having some change in your pocket, one can easily live for the next purchase.  When I first began my creative life, nothing could take me away from my "dream".  It was to make a record and not really knowing how to get from point A to B took all the effort I could muster.  Through this process I found fulfillment and some sort of enlightenment, which I hadn't had to this point.  There's always a new dream.  This week my friend and collaborator Donovan Guidry whet our palette's yet again with the idea of restoring some unique pieces we find along the way.  

Last night my wife and I were invited to the opening of Anthropologie in New Orleans by our friend Kayla.  I was very inspired by some of the textures in the space, but the main thing was this book shelve-letter file piece of furniture.  I've been meaning to build something to store vinyl records and this may be just the right idea for it.  

I was also thinking of getting into fixing up old lamps again, very easy to rewire and you can find them everywhere.  

There's one thing about dreaming though, sometimes they all come at once.  Maybe I need to build a cabinet for that, to store them all and make sure I get to them before they're lost.  Yesterday was a good day to celebrate a birthday, no fanfare and loud birthday songs and fake kisses, only inspiration and good  food at my favorite table in the city, Le Crepe Nanou!