I want to do mosaics but I am scared!

I have been collecting tile and things for mosaics for years now.  I look for left over tile at yard sales and thrift stores ....especially brightly colored tile. 

There are some blank walls on the outside of my house that keep staring at me, pleading for mosaics.  I feel such fear and trepidation though.  Mosaics feel so permanent and it seems like it's something you have to really think through and I am not a "realistic" artist.  I tend to be more abstract and like to create as I go.  It's that outsider part of me that doesn't want to be tied down to anything ...not even to a specific image.  At least with paint, if I don't like the image, I can start again and paint over it.

What to do?  My window of opportunity is running out.  Summer is disappearing fast.  Soon winter will be here.  Now is the time to do it if I am going to do it. 

I have started.  I have assembled my boxes of tile from years of collecting on the ground in front of the wall.
I have the tile cutter and some half empty bags of mortar and grout sitting there.  Various ideas for images have been running through my head ....flowers, trees, a peace tree, etc.  Maybe I should just have the courage to do an abstract piece that doesn't make any sense at all.  Maybe that would give me the freedom I need to get started.

There is also this exciting feeling deep inside of me that once I get started with mosaics, I may never want to stop.  Of course, I have to work through my fears first and I have to start.  I guess I could follow the Nike idea, "Just do it!"

I PUT MY KIDS ON THE WALL!

I love being an outsider!  I love being able to do things the way I want to do them without having to conform to anyone else's standards.   I love being able to paint my house the way that I want to without having to worry about what the neighbors will think.  Fortunately, I have no neighbors except for all the wild things of the forest.

I loved painting my children on the outside wall of my house.  I am proud of them ...proud of who they are ...proud of all that they have accomplished so far ...proud that they are following their hearts and living the lives that they want.  So, why not put them on the wall for all to see!  They truly do deserve a wall in their honor!  I am so glad that I could make that happen!