The fact is, I write every day – I journal – but I miss writing. I want to say “real writing”, the kind that isn’t just one’s personal ups and downs, the efforts to figure things out, the daydreams and fantasies. (Because none of that is real, right? Haha.)
Maybe a year ago, needing to become more active on social media to promote my children’s book, I discovered Instagram. I love IG because it feeds the visual aspects of my heart, my mind, my soul in a very different way than writing does. So I’ve been hunkered down over there for a bit. (Please come visit me on Instagram @jeannebalsam )
And what have I found? A community of children’s book people, an immense amount of positivity, and an endless treasure trove of art that is firing up my brain. Some of it is illustration, some is videos/reels, but a great source of fascination is the AI art (Artificial Intelligence) – see above. People using programs such as Midjourney are creating often fantastical images, but to my mind, I see magic.
I love that in every way – art, writing, music – and it seems that some magic is calling to me. I want to be where the magic is, for it to take me and my art to some new, unexpected places. It sparkles.
Still, I miss writing. I feel like I am being readied for some new union between word and image. After being absent for a bit, I also miss my friends here on WP who inspire me, too. (But I’m getting to you …)
Where is your magic? Is it dancing? Is it calling you?
A little inspiration of late – 51 minutes of uninterrupted beautiful music that fills me with dreams. Maybe you, too.
Still A Dreamer 
It sounds like you have found a wonderful community on IG, Jeanne!
I find my own journal is a good way to write down and keep track of descriptions for what I see in Nature. The thoughts and ideas are there, and can be refined and reworked later. I am only on WP, which takes up a lot of time as it is. More than that for me, and I would never get anything done here. Not enough hours in the day! 🙂
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I have, and I’m loving that I get to feature my art and photography. Having some place to post my work also inspires me to take more photographs which had languished for quite a while.
Social does take a lot of time, which is why I am so erratic from one platform to the next. But as I build my businesses, I have to be on it as one of he best ways to spread the word. (And soon, I have to learn how to actually maximize its potential. So much to do … oy)
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I share your enthusiasm for magic, and feel, like you, it is calling me. As I also want so much to go to some unexpected place with my creativity. Jeanne, that was so well said. So I’m keeping all my receptors open to receive new ideas. Thanks for this posting.
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Yup, receptors open!! And let’s see what comes our way. It can only be good, is how I see it. ❤️
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Sounds like a good match for someone so visual as yourself! I feel confident that you’ll keep writing too:)
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It is, and thanks for the encouraging words. I try to remember that we always get where we’re supposed to go at exactly the right time, so I believe you’re right! 🙂
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