What will you do with this one wild and precious life? 36x60" oil/cold wax on panel ©Janice Mason Steeves Tomorrow I teach a two-day workshop here in my home studio. Today I am preparing. First things first, I'm cleaning my studio. What a job that is, sorting papers, cleaning shelves, vacuuming and moving paintings to the garage to make room for eight students. Each time I teach a workshop, I plan what I will do that is different. I consider what I have learned from teaching my last class. How can I teach better? We come with high expectations into a workshop, everyone looking for something from it. Some might hope to find their artistic voices. Some want to come and learn a fun new technique. My own sense is that people come because they want to move somewhere else in their painting . Many want the inspiration to 'get back at it' if they have stopped making art for a while. Some want to break through to new places in their work. I belie