the many hats we wear ...

oh what shall i write about when my course is completed? ...

working on my various class projects opens the stream of thought on so many topics ...

this week's project is to design and create 5 pieces of wearable art and each one must also be a self-portrait ...

which got me thinking about the many hats we wear ...

most of us are spread so thinly ... we wear many hats within one day ... on any given day, we are mother, friend, daughter, partner, teacher, chauffer, chef, neighbor ... just to name a few ...

some of these hats feel way too large ... the teaching hat springs to mind ... teaching our children often makes me think i should take that hat off immediately and put on a jestor hat instead ...

there is our creative hat which we sometimes want to tear from our heads (like for instance when we are assigned FIFTY collages in one week) ... but it is often this hat through which we express our feelings and touch those around us ...

is your hat balanced firmly on your head or can the slightest change blow it off ...

if i designed a hat with all these components, what would it look like ... do i change my hat often ... is my hat battered and bruised from being worn too long or not cared for ...

ah ... the many hats we wear ...

perhaps that's why i always feel so compelled to knit and create hats ... they are like a tea cozy for the soul ...

keeping the warmth in ...