Saturday, May 3, 2014

Getting Back to Blogging....

Well, it seems I've been on hiatus in a big way....wish I could tell you its because I've been so busy creating things....and its not that I haven't been creating things, its just that I have encountered many blockages and many distractions and life has kept me spinning in ways that have made working very hard for me....
The good news is that I am finally feeling like winter is over and spring is here and its time to get back to making beautiful things...
I have changed....things have happened in my personal life that have at times seemed to suck the life and creative energy right out of me.  I am awakening from this finally....I have plans for things...things I want to make....things I want to paint....sew....turn into new things...
This is good...this is very good....I will post some pictures of what I've been working on soon...I am not on my own computer so I don't have my own files to pull pictures from at the moment.  I just felt like it was time for me to check back in...to this blog, to my creative energy, to all the good stuff...
I have done alot of purging during my time as a hermit and recluse and it has been very good for me, given me new directions to go in and allowed me to let go of the work that no longer fulfills me as an artisan.  One of these things is the re-making of clothing items...I don't want to concentrate on this anymore...I don't enjoy it at the present time.  I have decided to concentrate on making the many different types of bags, and incorporating my painting into the bags.  I also have been working on wall hangings, furniture, a few jewelry  items, and I am finding my groove again...at least I hope so!
I think being an artist or artisan or craftperson or writer or dancer or whatever comes with highs and lows.  Sometimes I am overwhelmed with ideas for things to make...sometimes I sit down to make or paint something and realize that my muse is vacationing somewhere and unavailable to me...and I get up and go do something else....
My newest endeaver is an organic garden of foods and herbs and flowers....I plan to learn to make skin care products, hair care products, tinctures, soaps, teas, bath soaks....as well as fill my freezer with food for the winter to come, and share the abundance with homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and food pantries for those who wouldn't have anything to eat without people's donations of food, money, time, etc.  I think that this path will be extremely fulfilling...which is good, since it is also going to be extremely labor-intensive and filled with botched batches of things I try to make.  It is all good...it all comes from a special place inside me that I want to expand and explore and grow....along with all that I will plant and nurture and infuse with love and goodness.
So here's to spring....emerging from the dark, deep sleep of winter, after many life-changing experiences....may spring bring forth many new and wonderful things and much creativity....
I will be back regularly and will post some pictures soon....thanks for your patience and support through my time of transformation....