Creative Life

September 15, 2022 by still a dreamer

“We’re all just walking each other home.” ~ Ram Dass

I had this quote in a draft. This is all there was. I loved it then and I love it now, and it’s a good way to start anything.

While I am working on a few things to grow my life, my income, my everything, I am also looking at writing again. Here is my PiBoIdMo book (Picture Book Idea Month). It is now called Storystorm, and was created a number of years ago by Tara Lazar. Participants are challenged to write one picture book idea every day for a month. It’s more extensive than that, but that’s the idea.

Inside that notebook are 4 months worth of ideas (120!), some great, some not so much. But it’s a good hopping off point. Stuffed into the inside cover are more ideas that I ripped out of journals, jotted on notepaper, etc. All grist for the mill and all simmering on my back burner. (If you’re looking to get back into writing, I highly recommend this- very motivating!)

And I am reading. Some mythological creatures have recently gotten my attention. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker is a fascinating and excellent read, as it is both historical fiction and its main characters are … a golem and a jinni. It primarily takes place in New York City, mostly the Lower East Side and Little Syria, at the turn of the century.

This has inspired me to begin American Gods by Neil Gaiman, always an excellent writer. We have more unusual characters among the humans, a journey through, and a hard look at, “the soul of America”, according to one review.

And drawing … not much, but a start. And so goes my creative life … how’s yours doing?

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on September 15, 2022 at 1:01 pm Kitty

Good reminder to nurture, feed, and exercise our creativity! ❤️

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- on September 15, 2022 at 2:19 pm still a dreamer
  
  Hi Kitty!! Especially the nurturing part … so easy to put it last, like a child that could be forgotten. Working on it!! 🙂
  
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on September 16, 2022 at 9:11 am Patricia Koelmel

I so enjoy hearing about your creative pursuits. As for me, given the time of the year, my creativity has been focused on decorating for fall and Halloween.

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- on September 16, 2022 at 12:01 pm still a dreamer
  
  Pursuits is a good word! Kind of like the long race. Haha. And you will be the Halloween darling of your neighborhood! 🙂
  
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on September 24, 2022 at 10:36 am Andrea Stephenson

I’m glad to hear about your creativity Jeanne, mine has been dormant for a while, but it seems to be waking up.

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- on September 24, 2022 at 10:57 am still a dreamer
  
  Hey, Andrea! Yeah, it’s been a long time coming, or maybe because it’s been so squeezed between the lines, but I’m working on it. Creativity has its own time and seasons, to be sure. Good to hear from you. 🙂
  
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on October 12, 2022 at 10:03 pm Becky Ross Michael

My creative life has been a little thin, lately, with only a bit of personal writing. The freelance editing I do on an almost daily basis is creative in a sense, but not quite the same. I need to set aside more time for ME.

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- on October 13, 2022 at 10:31 am still a dreamer
  
  We always need time for ourselves – whatever works. I find a lot of that in music and reading. But soon, going to see art! 🙂
  
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