[Woodcarver] re: Patti

[cynda douglas]

Patti
I just went to your web page and I am  quite impressed with your work. You 
have every reason to be proud of it.  I know nothing about Kachina dolls 
and accuracy of history, but they look really good to me.  Your bark 
carvings are right up there with many carvers.
You have expressed so well what I and I'll bet, most  carvers 
feel.  Unfortunately there are a lot of people in this world who have no 
interest in art or good hand work, and have no  desire to understand or 
appreciate it.  Just figure, that that is their loss, and they have a big 
gap in their life.  Trust your gut, ignore the art challenged  and go by 
what people with interesta and some knowledge say.  I've only been carving 
in a serious way since last fall.  I have done some things, like soap stone 
off and on thru the years, mostly off so I'm no expert, but I know lots of 
people like that.

The others more than make up for them.  Trust your own instincts, don't 
worry about others. (yeah, easier said than done.)   go to websites and 
look at others, and compare.  You can be proud of your work.