Welcome to your Sunday Musings
Wow, we've come to the last Sunday of November entering into
the last month of 2016. Always seems a quick year at this point, so much done
and still feeling like so much to do.
We talked about what writing keeps us from doing, but that
doesn't mean we don't do other creative activities. Here's to the other ways
we're creative:
I have been a photographer for approximately 20-25 years
now. I have studied, and will continue to study painting, especially egg
tempera painting, as used by Medieval/Renaissance artists, on real parchment. I
would also like to someday learn sculpting. And what will I do with all of
this? Maybe nothing. Maybe something. But in the meantime I enjoy the creative
process. In this case (I am about to butcher a well known saying) the adventure
is truly in the journey rather than the destination. The destination, however,
can provide great satisfaction regardless of what happens at the destination
(painting sold, photograph sold, sculpture sold, etc.). Oh yes, and of course,
my primary creativity is that of being a writer.
I love drawing and painting but it's some time since I
picked up a paint brush or a pencil. In the past, I have painted scenery for
productions in the school where I worked, such as a Victorian workhouse for
Oliver Twist, as well as an Egyptian mural in my bedroom. Nowadays, I enjoy
photography and don't often leave home without my camera, so I suppose you
could say I like to create pictures, either in words, or painted,drawn or
photographed.
When I need a creative break from writing, I’ll color.
There’s something both freeing and controlled with coloring for me. No one’s
running around judging my artwork, but there’s still a level of self imposed
control through staying within the lines and taking my time. And, honestly, for
someone like me, who’s going full speed ahead most of the time, it’s a forced
time-out, adult style.
I write at work (they know), so I don't do much of it at
home. Instead, tinker with new versions of the rules for pen and paper
role-playing games, or draw floor plans for my settings in a home remodeling
program, or The Sims. We also go out to one of those paint classes from time to
time. These are open classes for people to follow step by step to create a
small painting. I've done six now, and there are three I'm not completely
ashamed to show.
Currently, writing is it in terms of formal creativity. Many years ago, I used to do a great deal of
needlework and crocheting, but when I moved from my parents' home to my own
condo, I had household chores as well as an increasingly more responsible job
and ever-present book demands to fill my time.
Having an active, playful young cat who thought of balls of yarn as
gifts to him from Bastet herself put the final end to that.
Dear reader, thank you again for joining us and we’d love to
hear from you. Keep smiling and have a fun week. Never stop believing. See you
next Sunday…nothing better than being cozy in bed with some Musings.
If you have a question or comment you’d like us to muse upon, do not hesitate to contact me Christine Steeves-Speakman at MuseChrisChat@gmail.com