creativity battle ... Number-14 ... it's a common one

Looking around, the question that first comes to mind is where to start.  Visual confusion is a big deal with me.  In my space, home, I need a certain amount of visual peace...not too cluttered, things put away, etc.  It's an attempt to make some sense of my environment even if it's not perfect.  It's a place for me to start when  I don't know where to start, which is more often than I care to admit.  I go make my bed, unload the dishes in the dishwasher, clear the kitchen counters, take laundry downstairs....something.  I just start with the ordinary daily stuff.  It may sound dumb, but I gotta start somewhere.

Next is the obvious question of "what's next?".  I hate it because it reminds me of how much there is in me related to projects that I want to do, that I don't know where to schedule certain things, that I need manpower to complete other tasks, that each day is unique and I'm trying to figure out what's on the docket for this day.  I pause and go get something to drink.

After having raked the yard for a bit, gotten distracted with other things, mail, etc... I'm back.  Where did I leave off?  Oh yes, the "what's next?" step.  Kinda like a creative loop of avoidance?  Feels like it sometimes.  And this is where I want to say something about wiring.  AM I just wired to shut down, am I avoiding creating on purpose?  What's up with this step? And why do I get stuck here so much?  Something is missing in my wiring!!  I need a connector valve or something to connect the wanna do something with the actual doing something!!!

Quilting

quilt...a remedy for cutting down your fabric stash fast

Here's a quilt that's easy to knock out.  I had been saving nautical fabrics for some time... and just couldn't wait any longer for those pretty patterns to keep staring back at me wanting me to use them in the 'perfect' quilt pattern.  So I grabbed my rotary cutter and started cutting 6" strips of each, regardless of how much I had...1/4 yard, 1/3 yard, 1/2 yard, scraps... .so that's how the different lengths came to be.  Just sewing them together, mixing in some batiks and modern fabrics.  And viola, this is what it turned into:

Welcome

Hello :-)   The question of creativity and how it works, how to work it into my life... comes up a lot with me.  It's a subject that drives me to find answers on how to incorporate more of my true self and spark into my real life and live that real life, not just a dutiful life, but live my real life.   Part of who I am is that I love to create and I particularly like to change it up a lot. I have favorites that I go to regularly, but I also love a new project and challenge.  What new thing can I learn? How do I put my stamp on it and make it reflect me?  What's keeping me from starting a project or finishing one for that matter?

I've started this blog to address some basic questions of creativity that have been rattling around in my brain for years, share new thoughts that I am coming to realize about creativity, and let others see what progress looks like in this individual.   Hopefully it will spawn some dialog, send out inspiration, feedback, and most importantly... get us all to creating more.

dabbling with gouache paints