connecting

I've been blogging for six years now. Six years! Almost as long as I've known that blogging even existed. As soon as I saw my first artist and craft blogs I knew that was what I wanted to do. To share my creations and creative passions with others who would share theirs with me. A community of inspiration. Once I realized you were out there, I knew I had to connect with you and I've made so many wonderful friends because I took that leap of faith. That you'd get me. And like me. And like what I was doing. And you did! And hardest of all, it gave me the confidence to take an even bigger leap of sharing my art with the people in my everyday life. Because until you let me know I wasn't alone and I wasn't such an odd bird after all (alright, maybe I still am, but it's okay!), I was too afraid to share and kept that most important part of myself locked up in one little room, but now that I've spread my wings and, as my husband says, let my freak flag fly my life is so much richer and more wonderful than I could have ever imagined.

So, six years! Wow. I even impress myself. One of the best things about blogging is being able to look back at my creative struggles and accomplishments. I've been so burdened lately because of my lack of motivation that I decided to look back at other summers to see if my lack of productivity was a seasonal thing. It turns out I was bitching and moaning about the same damn things last summer, which bothers me because I'd like to think of myself as having grown a bit in the last year but also gives me some hope that this too shall pass and I will be happy and productive again. And the last thing I need to do is worry about it. Plus, I realized that I naturally gravitate toward more easy going creative works in the summer months like knitting or crochet, doodling and reading. I'm beginning to see that it's all part of the creative cycle. A time of refueling maybe before the next creative growth spurt. Makes sense to me. Maybe I need to embroider that on a pillow or something just to remind me when the voices start accusing again.

It also helps to remember the times when I was productive, not so very long ago. So, here are a few journal pages from earlier this summer. Believe it or not, I'm so behind in blogging that I probably have a few months worth of posts I haven't gotten around to sharing yet. I guess procrastination can be a good thing.

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Comments

[donnalee]

beautiful pages...thank you much for sharing! :)

[Marcia Beckett]

Those are very beautiful! You've been blogging a long time now :)

[Caatje]

Congratulations on six years of blogging! I'm impressed. I've been blogging a little over a year now and I agree it's wonderful to meet like minded people that way who actually get what your are about! Love your pages too!