{"id":351,"date":"2008-08-17T01:18:41","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T01:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autoquiltography.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2008-08-17T01:24:55","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T01:24:55","slug":"leaves-of-sass-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autoquiltography.com\/?p=351","title":{"rendered":"leaves of sass: begin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>what if . . . is one of my favorite motivational tools. when i&#8217;m having a fog-covered, moving-at-the-speed-of-cold-molasses day, i play &#8220;what if&#8221; with myself and first thing you know, i&#8217;m perking again. it&#8217;s a little bait-and-switch trick i learned\/taught myself as a child.<\/p>\n<p>and it <em>still<\/em> works like a charm. (used it quite effectively just yesterday and again today, as you&#8217;ll see . . .)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritcloth.typepad.com\/\">jude<\/a> plays a mean game of <a href=\"http:\/\/spiritcloth.typepad.com\/what_if\/\">what if<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/sparklinglotusland.typepad.com\/nichobella\/\">acey<\/a> does, too. so does <a href=\"http:\/\/paulahewitt.wordpress.com\/\">paula<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/threadspider.wordpress.com\/\">judith<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/clevelandgirlie.blogspot.com\/\">cathie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>so today i got to thinking . . .<br \/>\nwhat if i join in and play with jude, too?<br \/>\nwhat if i do something i seldom-if-ever do and detour from <a href=\"http:\/\/autoquiltography.com\/category\/alisons-deep-dish\/\">my current project<\/a>, setting it aside before it&#8221;s finished?<br \/>\nwhat if i take a placemat that just happens to be shaped like a leaf and use it for something else?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/autoquiltography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/leavesofsassbegin1.jpg\" alt=\"leavesofsassbegin1.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>what if i remove the vein that&#8217;s shaped with wire?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/autoquiltography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/leavesofsassvein.jpg\" alt=\"leavesofsassvein.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>what if i ponder and sketch and sketch and ponder and eventually come up with an aha that tickles me?<br \/>\nwhat if i have more show-and-tell tomorrow?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>what if . . . is one of my favorite motivational tools. when i&#8217;m having a fog-covered, moving-at-the-speed-of-cold-molasses day, i play &#8220;what if&#8221; with myself and first thing you know, i&#8217;m perking again. it&#8217;s a little bait-and-switch trick i learned\/taught myself as a child. and it still works like a charm. 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