http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2012/12/10/learning-how-to-bead-isn-39-t-just-for-beginners.aspxThere&#39;s a saying in Zen teachings: &quot;In the beginner&#39;s mind, there are many possibilities. But in the expert&#39;s mind, there are few.&quot; One of the biggest challenges for me as a bead artist, I find, is that I sometimes feel like everythingenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2012/12/10/learning-how-to-bead-isn-39-t-just-for-beginners.aspx#173669Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:03:57 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:173669DiAvila<p>I liked so much these tips. Now I&#39;m until a beginner, but I already have some preoccupations about &quot;everythig has already been done&quot;. My sister is an stilyst, so she creates clothing. I told her about this and she proposed me to find a theme and create pieces of bead stitch starting by this theme, like she does her jobs. The theme can be in every where, for example, in nature, at work of famous artists, in sights...wherever, and their colour &nbsp;and textures will be your references. I have already tested this sugestion and I am very satisfeid with 1st results. By the way, my first theme is an italo-brazilian artist of modernism.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=173669" width="1" height="1">