As I sit to write my first post ever, my mind is spinning at the assignments that I have from my classes this term at Hood College in Frederick, MD.......

What is my 'Visual Identity"?  Who am I really?  What is it about the world around me that speaks to my heart and mind and hands as I create?  What is important to me?  What am I passionate about?  How can I bring others to feel something when they experience my work?  Can I create connections, things that help people remember, and feel?

Wow!  I don't know all the answers to these profound and thought provoking questions, but my wheels are turning and I am sifting through memories, emotions and experiences that have brought me to this point in my life.  I am a 50 something mother of eight and grandmother (Baba, Abuelita and Grandma) of five glorious grandkids!  I'm thinking it's time to finish the undergraduate degree I started working on 35 years and 4 colleges ago.

Can I do this?  Will my hands hold up? Can I express the great joys and sorrows and wisdom, the beauty from ashes that my heart has carried for years?  What anchors me and feeds my soul?

This blog,  Fountainhead Ceramics, will be my sounding board and record the journey I now embark on.  It may just be the most memorable, intriguing and exciting one yet!  Come along with me as I skip my way along the path, it should be a great adventure!