What inspires creativity for you? Some people like problems to solve, others like competition. For me it is about freedom and liberty. Give yourself time to think about your creativity... Give yourself time to be creative!
"A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl." ~Stephan Hoeller
Judgement Day, Lyrics by Rick Beerhorst
For every bell that is ringing, for every saw that cuts the wood
There’s a girl some where crying, and a boy that’s misunderstood
Now there’s a sink full of dishes, and a kite full of wind
I pound another nail in the cross, every time I sin
Chorus
I stacked the wood pile, I spread the straw
I butchered our last chicken
Pulled the dead tooth from my jaw
Like a song that’s been forgotten, like a key that’s been lost
Every single flower died, in last night’s hard frost
So stack up all your kisses, and melt away like a bar of soap
Baby you’ll know where to find me, right at the end of my rope
Chorus
Yes this ship it is sinking, and the sky is caving in
But our hearts go right on beating while the snow is blowing in
Grab your winter coat and throw your o’l dice away
Cause the storm clouds are gathering, it looks like judgement day
Chorus
Now I am crying, ‘cause I know I am lost
My heart’s black as a crow, and I know how much my sin cost
So make me a bed of oak leaves, that I can sink down in
My heart is the cushion, and you are my pin
Chorus....
Take a few minutes to see creativity unleashed - and let you mind and heart be inspired! This is a video made just the other night by Seth Thompson, featuring dance by Marlee Cook-Parrot and Amy Wilson. The music is the "Wealthy Orphans."
Judgement Day - Wealthy Orphans with Dance In The Annex from Seth Thompson on Vimeo.
Maybe because it is winter... but drinking tea has become very important around here... our shelf of tea is toppling over with cardboard boxes of herbal sachets and greens and blacks of all sorts. We also have loose teas that swell in their tea infusers... Every mug in the house is washed after soggy bags of tea are pinched out and thrown into the compost. Coffee has all but disappeared, except the other day when I boiled some grounds to make 2 tablespoons for a brownie recipe. Something about tea is soothing, coffee can make me jittery, but a cuppa tea hits the spot!
"If you are cold, tea will warm you; If you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you." ~William E. Gladstone
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, (attributed)
drawing by Rick Beerhorst
“Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to the good of the artist's side; and the converse of this proposition is likewise true. But it is possible to train both sides of the character to work in harmony, and the first step in that education is to consider that you must teach yourself not as though you were one person, but two.”
― Dorothea Brande
I have a new used book, titled Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande. I read a recommendation for this book from Julia Cameron, the author of The Artisits' Way... (an awesome book by the way.) I am looking forward to reading Becoming a Writer -- the snippets I have read seem really good!
What an encouraging thing, to see someone elses interpretation of a design of mine! Above is one of the bird motifs in my rug pattern "Expect Good Things". This was done by Debra Lloyd of Cadillac, Michigan. I love her colors!
-- P.S. I invite you to send photos of your finished rugs (or in progress) of the patterns I have designed... I'd love it! and it really can make my day :) ♥Brenda -- bbmarie@gmail.com
Rose is the oldest of our 6 children - she is the Big sister. She takes this role very seriously especially with the two youngest girls, Grace and Rain.
They have a Sister to visit, in her own home! With occasional sleep overs and knitting lessons. What a sweet and wonderful thing....
"She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child."
~ Barbara Alpert
I like that last line! Because sisters can really fight sometimes, but the love is strong!
all photos by Pearl Beerhorst, another awesome big sister!