So, maybe you’re guessing now.  I’m amazingly passionate , Van Gogh-style, the cut your ear off type of gal.  But no, that’s not it either.  I may be passionate in my opinions, but entirely practical in my actions.  Boring even.  I have no desire to part with any pieces of my person.  

I realized that I am Picasso when learning a bit about Picasso’s masterpiece, The Tragedy.  The Tragedy is a famous painting from Picasso’s blue period, depicting a family standing on a beach, emotionally distant, suffering.  In The Tragedy, Picasso masterfully portrays the cold misery of the family using only the color blue.  As I came to realize that the use of a singular color created a masterpiece, it occurred to me, “I am just like Picasso!”

What?????????

Yes, it’s true.  I am just like Picasso… and I bet you are too. 

I was an artiste the other day when I opened my refrigerator, to find it basically empty, and nonetheless managed to put together a healthy meal from the odds and ends available.  I demonstrated my talent when I fixed the hole in my daughter’s beloved nighty… not with a sewing machine, but with a little glue from the junk drawer.  When we created an amazing leprechaun trap for the kindergarten last year out of cardboard, the weeds from our yard, and crayons – we were creating a masterpiece of untold portions. 

All these moments when I have felt disorganized or unprepared, yet managed to pull something together, I have not been the harried failure I have thought.  I have been following in the footsteps of a master – who successfully conveyed a depth of emotions using only one ingredient – blue paint.  No longer will I hear myself make the comment, “Don’t worry honey, it will work just fine” and think that I am convincing my children to accept mediocrity to cover up for my own lack of preparation. 

I now know, after this wonderful epiphany, that I am a master.  I sometimes work with limited resources, time, or expendable brain power… but I too am creating little masterpieces all the time.  The next meal I scrounge around for, I will bring to the table with triumphant music playing in my head.  “Here is my latest masterpiece!” I will say.  What a refreshing way to look at things.  Thank you Picasso, The Tragedy managed to bring a great deal of happiness to me this week.