Whether I’m working in paint, pastel, mixed media, or any other medium, I’m always pondering how much the process of creating can mirror life’s experiences; serving as a valuable metaphor. This truth resonates most deeply when I’m working on a mosaic using tiny bits and pieces of glass, tile, and other tesserae. It can be grueling work that takes a great deal of time. When I focus on the hundreds and hundreds of cut and broken pieces, it’s easy to lose focus of the bigger picture. But, I’ve created enough mosaics to know that no matter how it looks as I’m fitting the pieces together hour after hour, once the entire work is grouted it will be a masterpiece.