In an effort to boost my creativity I decided I needed to remember WHY it is that I create. It's difficult for me to find inspiration when I don't even remember why I'm looking for it.
So why do I write? In the past it has been to find a way to connect with others and to understand the world around me. I think that now it is also a way to understand myself and connect to the the world around world around me, rather than simply understand it. Words are a way for me to think through things acend to find passion in life.
Why do I dance? When I dance it's creating somet.hing out of nothing. You don't need paper, you don't need a pen. You don't even need a written or spoken language. Music is nice, but not required. All you really need to dance, on the most basic level, is you and how you feel.
Why create at all? Well, everyone wants to leave their mark on the world even if it seems insignificant. I'm no different. Creating validates our lives and draws us closer to God. Without the ability to create we also lack the opportunity to make the world our own and to see the actualization of our passions, our hopes, and our dreams. It gives purpose to learning and to going about our daily lives. It is a way to become more perfect.
I've been trying hard to utilize, enjoy, and expand upon my creative outlets. I made my first skirt yesterday and have jotted down a few blips of poetry. I have one final this semester and it is comprised of dancing the rumba. How fun is that? It's taken me the whole semester, but I'm finally relaxed and having fun! I have one paper to write. It will be a short paper on the dance concert I watched for class. I will enjoy analyzing the performances and putting my thoughts into words. I will have the chance to write and know there is someone listening.
While attending an Open House at the University Press Building to view their new Indigo Digital Press, I found out that they do university and personal jobs. The one that caught my attention the most was their book making/binding services. I could write my own book and have it made with exceptional quality right here in my own backyard. I decided it would be fun, now and when I have children of my own, to write and illustrate for them personalized stories. It would be all about them (name and all!) and adventures we have had (or could make up!). It could be a single book or a series of adventures, whatever worked out. It would make a great Christmas or Birthday present in addition to being a fun way to encourage a child to learn to read and be creative. I'm excited about 'Project Book' and I think my first book will be for Harley, the faux child. Her mother will be bringing her earlier tonight, so I would like to sit down with her and make up a story with her. I'm excited, and I hope that I find that I can paint or draw well enough to make this happen! Or I guess I could commission someone, but I want I don't want 'Project Book' to end up costing too much! :-= It may be too late for a Christmas but Harley's birthday is in January and I should be just in time for that!
