"What? Find the. . . Oh thanks a lot. Just like a friggin muse to wander in, get my hopes up, then make a hasty exit. That's it, I'm heading right back to my corner." But I had no sooner crawled back up onto the Stool of Sulking when I had An Idea. "Potatoes," I pondered. "What about potatoes?" "What ABOUT potatoes?" I can hear you asking. "They are a tasty and versatile root vegetable, to be sure, but what does that have to with artwork, Drax? In particular, what does it have to do with block printing?? Unless you're considering . . . POTATO PRINTS??? No. It can't be. You wouldn't! You're a REAL artist, Drax! It simply isn't done!" NO WAIT!!! Don't hang up! Just hear me out. Let's think about this from a creative point of view . . . 1. A potato is not intimidating. If I screw it up, I can slice that part off and start over! 2. Potatoes only get just so big (unless you live downwind of a nuclear power plant), so that would make for a pretty small print. Small is good, I'm thinking. 3. A potato is much easier to cut a design into, drastically reducing the likelyhood of losing a finger to the linoleum knife. (Fingers cost money- they don't grow on trees, you know. Lose one of those puppies and the price of the prints from that edition goes through the roof!) 4. I wouldn't need to buy ink- I can print potatoes using acrylic paint instead (which I already have). No special paper, since they wouldn't be oversized. I think I'm out of potatoes, though. I might have to get one. Soooo. . . Without all that time and expense involved, I could actually sell the prints pretty inexpensively. Kinda cheap, even. So anyone could afford one. It's not a car payment, it's just a breakfast sandwich and a cup of coffee. It's not about making loads of money, it's about making cool art that people can afford to collect and share if they want to. Hmmmm. . . Henna design potato prints. This has serious "fun" potential . . . I think I need to make a quick trip to the store, but I'll be back! To be continued . . .