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I get an idea I just buy the supplies and do it. Of course the times when ideas stay inside my head screaming to get out are more than frustrating, but I have enough knowledge to own my own business and keep on going.

One of the more recent struggles I have had with the Learn Curve has been my obsession with Fused Glass. It involves melting glass in Kiln. I love the way it looks and feels. So my obsession prompted my parents to offer to buy it for me as a gift. It was very generous. My mother is a huge fan of my jewelry and is very eager to get some jewelry made of Fused Glass. She also knows that she will get any jewelry that she wants for years to come. Once again the Learning Curve has taken over my desire to fire up my Kilnit has been almost a year. When I was in college I took some pottery classes, so I have a basic understanding of a Kiln and how it works. On the other hand I have never taken any classes on Fusing Glass. I have bought and read (5 times over) several how to books on Glass Fusing. I have also bought the glassa lot of it actually, several molds, the glass separator that I need to pretreat the molds and the gloves I need to use when I open the Kiln. I have glass cutters, pliers to break the glass and a glass cutting mat. I just do not have the courage to actually defeat the Learning Curve. I think, what if I do something wrong and the molds are ruined. What if I really screw up and the Kiln is ruined. Logically I know that I probably will not ruin anything, things might not turn out right the first time, but in the end everything will be just fine. I know that I can take a class & learn how to do all of this so that when I get home I can feel secure with my knowledge that everything will be just fine. With three young kids and a very tight budget I don't see myself taking classes anytime soon.

So here I am trying to get a tight hold on the monstrous Learning Curve that has become a bit of a hindrance from time to time. If I write a few articles and get published will that help me conquer my fear of the Learning Curve. Is it my fear of failure that keeps me from doing things that I know deep down I am good at. I know that practice makes perfect. I know that you can't succeed if you don't try. I also know that there are a lot of things that I have tried and failed miserably but was able to keep on going. There is something about putting my creative self on the line that really stops me in my tracks. Like what if all of those tens of thousands

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