Happy Place
(7 of 50)
In the midst of a lot of business and busyness, I found a happy place today. It began with collecting a number of items together in a folder on my computer with the intention of making a little presentation for work. And I was drawn to it. I wanted to get back to the project when I was pulled away. I thought about it when I wasn’t actively working on it.
And I thought AH HA! that’s IT. The happy place. It’s about the middle 3/4th of the creative process for me. The first 1/8th (hey, I can do math!) is often frustration, defining a problem, getting annoyed or antsy about something, then moving into this collection, gathering and playful creative stuff…. until finally inspiration is on the wane, the deadline approaches, or I have lost interest. Then, to get it done (if it has to be done), there’s 1/8th more work to be done, and it’s finished.
Some things don’t require finishing. I have a couple of sewing projects in a box - still with pins and patterns. All that potential waiting to emerge! I have too many knitting and paper craft projects undone.
I like to think that’s the hallmark of a great artist. Leaving things undone with all that potentiality just oozing out, ready to spark new ideas like a little banked ember in a bed of ashes.
There are mental bookmarks in that desktop folder. Tomorrow when I get started, all the energy and juice for the project will still be there. I can’t wait!