Painting the Muncha Lisa

I was a 5 year old kindergartener watching my favorite show on TV… Sesame Street.  I loved Sesame Street.  The episode I was watching that day featured Leonardo da Crunchy, Grover, and Muncha Lisa.

Leonardo da Crunchy was painting the Muncha Lisa, a Sesame Street rendition of Mona Lisa, and he made it look so easy.  I vividly remember thinking, “I can do that.  I can paint that picture!” We had a painting station at school with a big easel, different size paint brushes and bright tempura paints in red, yellow, blue, green, black and white.  We wore aprons and an artist cap.

I couldn’t wait to get to school the next day. As soon as the teacher asked who wanted to go to the painting station, I raised my hand as high as I could.  I was so excited that I was probably jumping around like a normal anxious five year old.  I put on the apron and the artist cap.  I found the brush that I thought would be the right one to paint the picture that I saw on Sesame Street and I started painting.

I had the picture of Muncha Lisa in my mind.  I was so determined.  I tried so hard.  I used different sized brushes and different colors but my picture didn’t look anything at all like the one on Sesame Street.  It wasn’t that picture in my mind.

It’s the same thing that’s happening with my blog.  It’s not at all what I had pictured when I started or even after I had done a little bit.  I just haven’t had the time to spend on it like I wanted but the more stuff that I get out of my house, the more time I seem to have.  I also feel more creative when I can walk through my house and I’m not looking at disorganized mounds.  I will keep at it as time permits for now and maybe someday soon it will be my Muncha Lisa.