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Friday, May 15, 2009
Creativity and other things
Written under the influence of The Killers.
It's a weird thing, creativity. I've always been a bit aggravated with my brand of creativity. I am creative/talented with a lot of things. But none of them exceptional or rather none of them is a stand out. I am slightly musical, more than slightly visual, then there's the making of actual objects and the creating of words and stories...my best. I want to and I am drawn to it all...but I only have so much Muse at one time. The more I write, the less I design. The more I design/draw the less I write. The more I play music, the less I write or design. (Although listening to music does tend to re-fill the creative well and gets the creative juices flowing.) I feel pulled in many many directions.
I desperately need to do a re-design of Dubh Croi, the other blog (not to mention the website my mother wants me to create for her). But, I feel all used up. I have been devoting a lot of energy into designing and writing. I have been neglecting the writer part of me for ages (and I was writer before nearly anything else...I drew and makes paper things before I could write). And I want to stop neglecting the Writer.
I guess I am just a little aggravated with my self right now. And I feel the need to rant about it.
On to other things: I promised pictures. This is the cone of Habu Bamboo, HCW sent me (since they had charged my card for it)...one less thing to wind!!
Jamey ordered this from Amy Designs (it was made esp. for me-feeel the love!) for me as a Mother's Day gift. I absolutely adore it. One, it's a bag (and I love bags...perfect yarn/project bag-just needs a handle); B) it's red, black and gold (my favourite colours); and Lastly, it's ASIAN. LOVE it!
And see how wonderfully my yarn complements it? It will certainly be a pleasure to work with this yarn...it'll be a luxurious wrap someday!
(I also took loads of pictures of my local wildflowers. You can find them in Dubh Croi.)
Oh and because all Knitting Blogs whose writes own cats, must have a mascot or two. Here is one of the kitty mascots. Gina, my funny Ginger Tabby.
I also often think that about myself-- whether my pieces are good enough to present to others. I accept the fact that there will always be someone better than I am at some things. But one question I can ask myself is whether a particular artist can do the other "average" things I do. For instance, I can knit, but I'm often self-conscious of my writing whereas you excel at it. Also, how many people can design for knitty? Or better yet, how many people can design and see it come to fruition? The answer is not many, certainly not I. So while WE THINK that our creations appear mediocre in our eyes, our versatility more than makes up for our "inadequacies."
It truly is hard balancing all our creativity and coming to terms with our balancing act. So far I am trying some Left Brained tricks: scheduling my writing time, knitting time and making sure I have a notebook to write down the flashes of inspiration.
Written under the influence of The Killers.
