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create….

funny how i was feeling so creatively blah for awhile,
and now i can’t seem to keep up with my own ideas.

i have been trying to figure out what the shift was,
and how i got from there to here.

i have been practicing letting go lately~
and maybe with certain blocks gone,
there is more room to play.

more room to just be.

it feels good,
like i have finally gotten
out of my own way.

another helpful tidbit-
making a conscious effort to stop
judging the work,
and focus more on doing the work.
(a tactic beautifully written about
in the artists way.)

i feel like the process of art
is just as important as the finished product,
if not more.

i have noticed when kids do art,
they just reach for what feels
good and right in that moment.

i want to create more like this.

speaking of which,
i cannot stop making magnets.
i ran out of the larger gem stones
so i started making smaller ones.

it has become my zen practice,
which is good, because meditating
does not come easy to me.

i also enjoy being around all the
colors and fabrics-so joyful.

i feel like it is symbolic
to this lighter energy i
have been tapping into.

what have you been creating lately?

(and if it has been awhile,
what is stopping you?)

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I was at a workshop this weekend, where we had to make a creative poster of our organismic self = true self, and then of our self concept = which is what we hear other people say we must be..and should be…and do.

A guy in our group saw his organismic self as an empty glass with a straw in…for we are born empty…as we grow up our glasses are filled with all the influences from the outside…but when we are true to ourselves we can take out of the glass those things we don’t like and put in those that we want to…we pasted it on a white piece of paper in the middle of our poster resembling purity and honesty…above all the other colors and words of our self concept. We did not add anything to the glass as only you know who you are in your core.

I was so excited to make this creative poster…and then most of the other people felt it was a silly exercise…and I retreated…trying not to be excited at all….and I realised….my fear of what people thing of me…is holding me back…and I just have to let go.

Your spirit….flows into mine…and make me want to create! xx

i haven’t been creating much. i guess what’s stopping me is not having the perfect workspace in the perfectly clean and uncluttered home, you know that perfectly decorated home…who am i kidding? i just need to start. ‘use what you got’ as keri smith says. so if you’ll excuse me now, i haven to go and kick my own butt.

thanks hon, for inspiring this insight

love you
xox

i created for myself a great *new* job/business opportunity. once i decided to fully commit to this place, new opportunities are opening up for me/us every single day.
blessings to you

I have recently discovered the joys of knitting and have been obsessively making scarves and shawls, delighting in the different textures and colours of the yarns…

I have been crocheting all winter, but just started an art quilt to send for a magazine challenge. I now have art quilt ideas that I just cannot keep up with – using all recycled and repurposed – or kept out of the dumpster items.

i love it when the ideas are flowing with their own raw energy. i have found that if I just play along, my best work follows.

ooh..i wish i could have come with fran!!

your work is amazing and this lighter.happier feeling shines through everything you do;)

beautiful…

Hey There!!
I love it when you tap in to the flow and feel creative- I definitely think you’ve opened up to the flow again.
For me, creativity is like prayer in a sense where I connect with the divine or what might be considered the divine. I don’t know if that makes sense, but it works for me…
Most recently I’ve created a collage and have started drawing the maple tree from my childhood backyard. I’m hoping to post some decent pictures of this recent dip in to the creativity pool within the next few days on my blog, so do drop by later on this week if you think of it.
Have a bright and shiny day as full of beauty as your magnets and artwork are.
*Eileen

ooo, i’m so glad to see YOU coming back again. i know i’m feeling more of myself again. ;-D

come see what i’ve been creating…

Transition has stopped me from doing anything creative lately and I’m feeling that void… I’m missing that meditative feeling but I’m learning to be patient with myself while I focus on other things in my life at this moment. Still, it’s so inspiring to see other people being creative and I’m so happy that the juices are flowing for you.

I adore “i have noticed when kids do art,
they just reach for what feels
good and right in that moment.”

It’s just what it’s all about, isn’t it? What feels good. Sometimes life really is that simple, huh? Why can I never seem to remember such a truth?

It is so difficult sometimes to become “unstuck.” I know that feeling all too well and am just now beginning to emerge from a spout of it myself….I think the trick (for me, anyway) is to jump back into it. Sometimes I forget how much I love it, how much I need to create, until I am doing it again.

Thanks for this beautiful reminder about how important it is. Your magnets are GORGEOUS!! xoxo

you go girly girl!
loving the creative part of you,
me

Well, I recently crocheted a blanket for my friend and I ache to do more. I haven’t been scrapbooking in a while, which is one of my passions and right now it’s because there are too many other things going on in my life, but I’m confident that it will all slow down soon and I can get back to creating for me.

Let go. Just be. More room to play.

My visits here bring a little sunshine & peace to my heart.

XOXOX0

(((((((Mademoiselle Mermaid)))))))

I love it that you’ve gotten back to your creating – you’re such an inspiration to me, but I say that all the time so it’s probably getting old!
I haven’t been creating as I’d like to, mostly because of the judgement factor. My friend keeps yelling at me because I keep buying stuff so that I can create, and it’s all sitting in a pile waiting for me. I get so caught up in judging the final outcome that it paralyzes me, prevents me from even getting started.
Very frustrating…
In any case, I’m glad you found your spark again.
*Hugs*
Jess

Love-are we in sync or what? I just started playing with some papers with these baubles too. hee hee.

I love yours-want to trade some?

I wonder if it is a cappy thing-as I am letting go to in many ways and I feel lighter and more creative vibes surfacing.

I miss you.

Hugs and smooches
T

I think you hit the nail on the head with the judgment piece. If we are constantly in the mode of “it isn’t right” how can we let the juices flow?

I’m needing a good day of jewelry making to let my juices flow. Thank you for helping me remember that.

“…making a conscious effort to stop
judging the work,
and focus more on doing the work.”
amen.

“…when kids do art,
they just reach for what feels
good and right in that moment.”
so true!

what an inspiring post!
i was just talking to a friend today about creativity…what a perfect post/kick in the rear/reminder!

The pleasure comes in the doing, doesn’t it?
And I’m with you.
My art, my writing, my creating, my dancing, THIS is my meditation.
Right now, I’m creating trees inside my apartment, bringing the spring to me.

Don’t you recognize that this is the best time to get the credit loans, which will make your dreams come true.

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