All failures are stored for awhile in plastic bags, then tossed into a garbage bag and finally thrown to the curb."
THIS IS WHERE I EMPTY MY BRAIN ...
Creativity and discovery are both relative. How many resources a person has at their disposal and what they choose to do with them can drive the outcome.
Sometimes I think I should be more creative, but so many arguments in my mind scream otherwise.
So, what interrupts my creative abilities? The answer is day-to-day life itself. At 11 years old, I won an art contest that merited a summer scholarship at an art institute. Between 12 and my 30's all that talent was tabled. Learning my personal road blocks has been a huge growth in my ability to grasp that creative edge again.
One thing that is extremely difficult for me is finishing something I start. I am my own worse critic. Therefore I see so many flaws in my projects, that I deem them unworthy of finishing well before an acceptable amount of work has gone into fixing the problem. Pictures of unfinished projects could fill a website and bore most viewers.
When I was much younger I was sewing my own clothes, but they were designs I never wore in public. I've taken up curtain sewing, pillow fashioning, doll clothes, baby clothes, and even once attempted a maternity dress for a daughter-in-law. All failures are stored for awhile in plastic bags, then tossed into a garbage bag and finally thrown to the curb.
I discovered knitting at age 17, taught "Continental Style" by a German neighbor lady. An art I would later pick up again, only this time using wool yarn, and a very forgiving technique called felting. With this craft I discovered that I could be as relaxed as I wanted, as creative as I felt on any given day, and still end up with a quality finished product; one that is pleasing to the eye and useful. There, that is the goal of creativity.
Like my interest in crafts, and my small steps in developing my creativity, little successes are also noted in my daily journey to recovery. I want to be "a quality finished product that is pleasing to the eye and useful." Pleasing to my creator, that is.
"One day at a time," is an age old quote of encouragement. It can be called a wife's tale, a morale booster, a practice in patience, and possible a peaceful person's way of life. Who really lives one day at a time? Today's lack of resources generates worry about tomorrow. Yesterday's failures dominate today's fears of tomorrow's consequences, no doubt. Who really trusts that today is all we have to live for?
A young person struggling to grow up and hang on to childhood would love to think that today is all they have, and may over do the youthful challenge to live for today and today alone. There is a balance found in a scripture ... Matthew 6:34, "So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today." (NIV)
Conclusion: In my many efforts to be creative, come up with something that is uniquely me, an expression of who I am. I got off track many times in life. Now I find myself on the path of one day at a time seeing the steps of recovery as a journey that includes personalized creativity.
Creativity and discovery are both relative. How many resources a person has at their disposal and what they choose to do with them can drive the outcome.
Sometimes I think I should be more creative, but so many arguments in my mind scream otherwise.
So, what interrupts my creative abilities? The answer is day-to-day life itself. At 11 years old, I won an art contest that merited a summer scholarship at an art institute. Between 12 and my 30's all that talent was tabled. Learning my personal road blocks has been a huge growth in my ability to grasp that creative edge again.
One thing that is extremely difficult for me is finishing something I start. I am my own worse critic. Therefore I see so many flaws in my projects, that I deem them unworthy of finishing well before an acceptable amount of work has gone into fixing the problem. Pictures of unfinished projects could fill a website and bore most viewers.
When I was much younger I was sewing my own clothes, but they were designs I never wore in public. I've taken up curtain sewing, pillow fashioning, doll clothes, baby clothes, and even once attempted a maternity dress for a daughter-in-law. All failures are stored for awhile in plastic bags, then tossed into a garbage bag and finally thrown to the curb.
I discovered knitting at age 17, taught "Continental Style" by a German neighbor lady. An art I would later pick up again, only this time using wool yarn, and a very forgiving technique called felting. With this craft I discovered that I could be as relaxed as I wanted, as creative as I felt on any given day, and still end up with a quality finished product; one that is pleasing to the eye and useful. There, that is the goal of creativity.
Like my interest in crafts, and my small steps in developing my creativity, little successes are also noted in my daily journey to recovery. I want to be "a quality finished product that is pleasing to the eye and useful." Pleasing to my creator, that is.
"One day at a time," is an age old quote of encouragement. It can be called a wife's tale, a morale booster, a practice in patience, and possible a peaceful person's way of life. Who really lives one day at a time? Today's lack of resources generates worry about tomorrow. Yesterday's failures dominate today's fears of tomorrow's consequences, no doubt. Who really trusts that today is all we have to live for?
A young person struggling to grow up and hang on to childhood would love to think that today is all they have, and may over do the youthful challenge to live for today and today alone. There is a balance found in a scripture ... Matthew 6:34, "So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today." (NIV)
Conclusion: In my many efforts to be creative, come up with something that is uniquely me, an expression of who I am. I got off track many times in life. Now I find myself on the path of one day at a time seeing the steps of recovery as a journey that includes personalized creativity.
Interruptions to our creative abilities?
I often think that I'm not very creative. Yet, when I have a half-day opportunity to simply go through some crafts, watercolor some flowers or still life, or sit at the iPad to sketch using digital doodling, I realize I do have a bit of talent, sometimes disappointing, but fun in the making.
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