Taexalia
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Creative Every Day: January 12th – 18th, 2009
Creativity Log designed and gifted by Leah
Ah well I have two days with nothing to enter - accepting failure is part of the process... But you know I think that spending quality time with @ can be creative ... read more
Thoughts on the Week
Last week I felt like an unstoppable powerhouse and I enjoyed the ease of tapping into motivation and creativity and the almost total lack of depression. This week I have been noticing more of a fluctuation in my moods, and my creativity. I have not felt so on top of things and have had to be mindful to just let myself be instead of trying to push for something that just isn't going to happen. One thing I've noticed is the ease with which Outside Influences can throw me off track. I know ... read more
My Creative Self
I scanned my drawing and made copies so that I can try out different ways to colour the image. This is the first attempt, which I worked with a little in my picture editing software. Totally great fun ... read more
Creative Every Day: January 5th – 11th, 2009
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Baby Steps Are Little Leaps
I do not feel depressed today. This is the second time I have been able to write that this week and mean it. I understand that this may only be temporary reprieve since my External Stressor has been absent. I understand that all of the little changes I have been making may not entirely add up to beating depression by themselves if the External Stressor is missing from the experiment. But what it does show is that once I can eliminate the External Stressor completely I have no excuses. The ... read more
Creative Every Day January 1st – 4th
I seem to be starting the year with a bit of creativity every day. None of it is at photo op stage yet, or otherwise visible - like ~ working behind the scenes on my blog 8-) I have started two knitting projects... one is a scarf (maybe) that doubles up as a canvas for learning lots of stitch patterns. I bought a book of knitting stitches last March with the intent of getting all knowledgeable, but until this week I have simply looked through it imagining... I'm starting with the easy ... read more
Creative Every Day: February 25th – March 3rd
I haven't been keeping tabs on my daily creativity so far, but thinking about last week I did the following:Blogging ~ 4 Days.Knitting ~ completed a pair of socks, started another pair.Knitting ~ started knitting a baby papoose.Walking/Photography ~ 2 trips to Holyrood Park, 1 trip to North BerwickWriting ~ 2 sessions on novel.Storytelling ~ crafted a story about magic.Dream re-entry ~ journey to meet the Old Story ... read more
The Joy of Socks
I am addicted to knitting. It all started with a gift from @ of a book, some wool and needles and now, in true *me* style, there are more needles, another book and lots of delicious wool. Yes - I have another creative interest that involves stuff and poses a storage problem.We need a bigger place to live.But sock knitting is so much fun! I started off with the baby bootees for the bun my sister is baking and then I made myself a pair of socks that had a cute twisted knit that meant no heel. ... read more
Beginning The Journey
In beginning this process, I am discovering the usual Bluebeard voice telling me "you're doing it wrong" and as I type I think I'll need to do another journey just to deal with that voice - does it *ever* go away?I have to remind myself that with this type of thing, there is no wrong way - whatever comes up is just right for the moment... So far I have followed the prompts in the curriculum and the easy part is the journalling - I don't have too much trouble navel gazing with a pen. The pages ... read more
Journeying
I was catching up on my Kaleidosoul email reading when I discovered two things that have been monumental in my life in the last couple of days. In fact there is so much energy swirling around at the moment that I can't quite remember which *thing* I discovered first...I think it was Barb Kobe's Creative Journey Game, and the fact that by the time I discovered it all the spaces for the Kaleidosoul course were full. But having taken a look at her website it didn't take much for me to buy a copy ... read more
My Cultural Life
I have been tagged by the highly cultured and very funny MisssyM over the The Misssives and ordered, under threat of *one of those looks* to tell you about my cultural life...1. What am I reading at the moment?2. What am I listening to at the moment?3. What am I watching at the moment?1. I am reading American Gods (Author's Cut) by Neil Gaiman, Britain BC by Francis Pryor, The Roman Conquest of Scotland by James E Fraser and a book of knitting patterns for socks.2. I am trying very hard not to ... read more
Polymer Clay Day
I am having problems with my voice - when I play back recordings of myself I sound like my sister. This is not to say there is anything wrong with my sister's voice, it is just very odd to hear myself sounding like her. So the dictaphone experiment continues but with no results I am willing to share until I have overcome my sense of loss over my sense of uniqueness *grin*.The photo below is of a bead I made today. It isn't a very clear photo because I couldn't be bothered to set up the light ... read more
A Beady Day
Today I felt the Quickening in my energy as my moon time ended and although it cycles around each month, I always embrace it anew. So many ideas and thoughts are coursing in my mind and I want to split myself into ten people to bring them all to fruition. This is when I need to be mindful that I don't get drawn in so many directions that I end up standing still.I spent the day organising my orders ready to post tomorrow, and also making lots of foot thongs - I sold out just before Yule and I'm ... read more