I stretched some watercolor paper today for another painting I am starting. I am definitely going to buy a staple gun because taping wet paper to my drawing board to stretch it so it won't buckle is not working for me!

I was able to sit down for a couple hours and totally got lost in detail work on my "Steemy Snowflake." Hopefully after I spend tomorrow reading and writing I will be able to finish my snowflake before it melts!

Plus I just found out I have a paper to turn in on some course work I am doing called "Bringing the Mind to Rest." I am not ready so I have been cramming! It's Tibetan study of shamatha and vipasyana, I've been waiting so long to learn how the Buddhist Tibetan calm abiding and insight system works. My training is through Satipatthana Burmese teaching of Vipassana and anapanasati. I've been diving into a several books, "Ocean of Definitive Meaning" by Ninth Karmapa and "Mahamudra: The Moonlight," by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal