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Show Page 42-- THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. Sunday April 1980 Stained Glass... r, Mere's Looking at You Happiness Not A Destination BY RENEE C. NELSON Herald Women's Editor Happiness is illusive. It cannot be measured nor defined. Many who consider themselves unhappy are always seeking that "pot of gold" at the end of the rainbow and never finding it In Hawthorne's words. Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." We all tend to look at others and think how happy they must be while they are looking at us and thinking the same thing. As Montesquieu said. "If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished: but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be hap- pier than they are." If you are a homemaker you envy the stimulation and challenge in the life of the working woman. If you are a working woman you envy those leisurely hours of the homemaker. When the homemaker reaches the age of the ' empty nest" with children gone, the working woman perceives this lucky lady as one who now has time for travel, golf and rounds of parties. So where is happiness? As family advisor. Lucile Johnson says "Happiness is not a destination." Happiness must be here and now. It cannot be tomorrow or next year or the following decade. Look for the Ace of Spades By CHARLENE WINTERS church windows are stained glass panels designed by Lou'.s Comfort Tiffany representing the 12 apostles". The figures are nearly e and Moore was amazed at the details and shading shown in Tiffany's glass. Tiffany was a chemist and put his own colors in the sand, soda, ash and metal oxide mixture that became browns. his glass. The eagles are fashioned from multiple "The colors were marvelous, and. unfortunately, pieces of glass under the skilled hands of Moore, a retired his color secrets died with him." explains Moore. government worker, who has become a stained glass craftsman. Rolled Into Sheets His work can be seen in the yellow and green fleur-de-li- s Moore relies on sheets of glass he purchases. Some panels inserted in his living room occasional of his glass is rolled into sheets by machines. Other tables, hutches and buffets Uhe furniture is also have been blown into long balloon shapes that Eieces crafted by Moore I. been split open and flattened by reheating. A trip to his granddaughter's bedroom reveals a Blown glass is called antique glass because of its large stained glass iris which reflects shades of centuries-ol- d method. Glass may be uneven in lavender and purple in her room. A crimson flower thickness and contain bubbles, waves and patterns. suspended in a crystal circle adds to the family room This results in pleasing variations for the craftsman. decor. Flashed glass occurs when a thin layer of bright Those visiting his home enter a doorway decorated color is added to the glass surface while still in a stained glass window panels in molten state. by two three-foo- t shades of peach and green to match the trim of his Machine-mad- e glass comes in multiple types such home. A close examination of the work yields his as cathedral, opalescent and catspaw. Its textures a tiny ace of spades and the word are designed to resemble the accidental faults of trademark "Ace." blown glass. Until two years ago. Moore had never cut class. A Moore begins by making a sketch and converting it trip to the Blandsford Church in Petersburg, va. con- to a proportioned pattern. The pattern is fastened to verted him to th mosaics of colored Tieht The a work surface while he carefully cuts his glass. Herald Staff Reporter A bald eagle is "captured" in glass at the home of Asa Moore. Provo, and the prisms of light reflected from the glass turn his living room into soft shades of golden brown. A golden eagle suspended in the window of his dining room reflects golds, yellows and "Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Hawthorne In a review of the book. "Happy People" in the June 1979 issue of Reader's Digest, the following conclusions were reached, based on a survey of 100,000 Americans: life-siz- The process of cutting glass is basically simple, but cutting the pieces to exact pieces and curves can be tricky and requires practice. As Moore cuts his glass panel, the scoring motion sounds like a zipper. "It's frustrating to work carefully on a surface, only to have the point break off the glass as I finish it," says Moore. Since glass is expensive, the "failure" piece is put aside to be used on another project. Wrapped With FoU After the glass has been cut, pieces may be wrapped with copper foil or lead pieces called "cames." When the foil is soldered, it resembles the centuries-ol- d lead technique. Applying putty is an additional step. The final step is cleaning, which may take almost as long as assembling the piece. Moore's eagles took about 15 hours each to create (over a three-wee- k period). So far he has not sold his projects. His son has a large stained glass window in Spanish decor compliments of his dad. and his daughter has a wall clock with her initials fashioned in stained glass pieces. "I have heard of a new kind of glass called parfait with all the pastels I can imagine," he explains. "I can't wait to get some." It may not be long before his granddaughter has a wall panel that looks like cotton candy. ft rr Satisfaction with your work is a more important element of happiness than anything except love and marriage. Money can't buy happiness. Stained glass door panel in peach and green. Unhappy children are not doomed to be unhappy adults. Asa Moore cuts class for a bird in flight. Most Americans are happy. The intangibility of happiness is apparent. As the article pointed out. "Some gain happiness and keep it. Others momentarily grasp it. then lose it. A few never experience it at all. Yet however elusive happiness may be, it is attainable no matter how miserable you may have been in the past." Some of the elements in the lives of very happy people were: To love and be loved in return To have enough money, but not Come necessarily a great deal. To have meaning and direction in life and a sense of control over it. Run To have received more from life than they expected. And finally the article said. "No matter how unhappy you are now or were in the past, you can still find happiness in the future.. .for. people are most infinitely changeable." Robert Louis Stevenson said. "There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy." While you may recognize the duty of being happy, actually achieving this state is another thing. As one author said, "The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick." You cannot will yourself to be happy. But you certainly can be optimistic for better and happier days ahead. Life is not stagnant: it does not remain the same. It either becomes better or worse. It has been said by experts, who have studied the odds and statistics, that 90 percent of the things we worry about things that make us unhappy never happen. This. then, is reason for hope. And in hope there is happiness. With Us! It's the 2nd Annual ZCMll VISA Utah Women's 10,000 Meter Run Bald eagle in glass. it s Utah's largest run for women! All finishers of the 6.2 mile run receive tshirts while trophies will be awarded to the first three finishers in each of seven age categories, in addition, merchandise prizes will be given to the first place winner of each age category. Register with a S3 fee by calling or visiting any ZCMI Sporting Goods departCarrie Fairbanks at ment through April 16. You may also register the day of the run for S4 until 10:30 a.m. Timing and scoring will be provided by the salt Lake Track 321-629- 6 jcauty yms dub, A AU. sanctioned. You're Invited to the showing of a critically acclaimed Runner s world film, "Moments of the Runner" at noon on Tuesday, April 15 in our Si. Downtown auditorium or noon WednesdayApril 16 in our Cottonwood auditorium. Dr. Webster of the Utah Heart Association will also be on hand to discuss running and your cardiovascular system. 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