A funny compliment

Yesterday on my way to the University to take my doll "The Last of the Faeries" in for grading I stopped in at the quilt store that I am affiliated with. A group of women called the Hot Bobbins (don't you love that name!) sew there every Wednesday, and two of them are members of my doll club. One of the ladies made a comment that really got me thinking.

I displayed my doll for them and as they were admiring it my friend said "Well, I might as well just stop making dolls now." It was an off-hand comment and I didn't think much of it at the time. But afterwards when I reflected upon it, I came to view it as a compliment. You see, for a long time I had the same reaction when I viewed a doll that was very well done. I thought I could never achieve that level of workmanship. But maybe I have achieved a little of it now, if I take her comment in the way I uttered it myself. It was a validation of all the hard work I put into the doll, but in a different manner. Just that one sentence meant more to me than all the other compliments. I guess you could say I feel that I have arrived at that point in my art that I thought I could never reach. Makes me feel good.