Way too new @ this

Okay, I can do this--whew! Sigh of relief. Some pep-talk here, "Self you can do this, old dogs can learn new tricks!" Since this is about the creative life, and doing anything new takes a certain amount of creativity, it should be right up my ole alley.



Today while purchasing some supplies for my one of my art endeavors, I was comparing creativity notes with the sales person. She REALLY liked a reverse collage that I had done on a large post card--I really like it too, it's all orangy, with a curvaceous stylized woman, a butterfly, a clock (I'll post a picture soon)--and she mentioned that she often didn't know where to start. I replied to her, "It's like jumping into the middle of the river--just pick up a picture or a magazine, a paint brush, something, and swim back to shore with it."



Often when I don't know where to begin--writer's block, or artist's block, or whatever block--I simply grab whatever is handy then go to the next thing, and the next and the next and before I know it I'm in the land of la, and have let go of the thought that I'm not inspired, because I'm flowing. Yes, creative flow! And it feels so easy from that point on, actually I'm sure it's from Divine Mind. When I get into DM I quit censoring myself, my ego steps aside and magic occurs.

Speaking of "magic," I have a favorite interpretation of it from the famous Starhawk. She says, "Magic is the art of changing consciousness at will." Ah-divinity! (I use this form of amen because I believe "men" are given waaaaay too much energy, I'd say awomen, but it still has "men" in it. A few years ago my then 6 year old granddaughter, Erin, told me that we should call ourselves "wo-girls" because that doesn't have any "men" in it. So, maybe I'll start saying at the end of prayers, etc. "Ah-wogirls!"--but I digress)



Okay, last night I saw the movie Julie & Julia and I thought what the hey, I can do this blogging thing. I was very inspired to move forward with a business that I've been planning for several months: teaching, sharing various art techniques and doing creativity workshops; workshops that will assist others in bringing out their inner star that maybe has become tarnished over the years, and giving it a good polishing. I have developed a set of guide lines that can get one's creative juices stirred up, to believe in themselves and then to allow success to flow--the universal law of attraction. And this is about more than art, music or what we usually think of in the field of creativity, it's whatever is your passion. It all takes "creativity."



So, the purpose of this blog is to keep me on tract with my commitment to myself, to follow through, to polish my star and shine, baby, shine! I am a work in progress, as we all are. I might have some helpful tips for others, and am of course open to what works for you.



Bye for now,

Beautiful Creator