...not 'rithmetic.
I don't math. not if I can help it.
But I have been reading a lot lately. Fall is a cuddle up with a soft blanket, a fluffy pillow and a fantastic book kind of time for me.
I've also been writing a bunch. Following Robert Lee Brewer's prompts over at Poetic Asides. I'm a couple days behind at the moment, but I currently have 20 new poems to work with, and a writing contest I'm planning to enter in the next two weeks before the deadline.
So I'm feeling pretty artistic, which totally beats that "ugh! I've got nothing creative in me!" feeling that we all get when we hit that brick wall called writer's block.
Prompt #82: Today...head on over to Poetic Asides and pick on of the 21 prompts and write. No matter if it's a poem, a story, a song, a play...just pick a prompt and write on it!
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
January Greys...
Happy New Year.
It's Monday, January 3rd, and January ugh is threatening...taunting me from its tight, dark, little corner.
If it knows what's good for it, it will just stay there, and shut its trap!
After the fast-paced frenzy of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Celebrations, I often find myself in the first week of January feeling...I don't know...subdued.
It's like there's a big holiday go.go.go. and then suddenly...halt!
It hits me every year.
If I allowed it, I could easily slump into the mucky, cold, icy ball of January sludge and simply wait to thaw out some time in March.
When I was younger, that's exactly what I would have done, but over the years, I've learned to combat that foggy, grey feeling through various creative outlets.
I write. I paint. I work on tedious or silly craft projects. I shoot photos. I concoct new cookie, cake and pie recipes and try them out on my "tasters" (friends and family who are more than happy to sample from my personal bakery.)
I've learned to wade through the greys with big fat boots of happy painted on my soles; the days are getting longer, we're moving closer to the sun and green days of spring are just around the corner!
Prompt #36: Write. Paint. Draw. Bake. Create. What is your outlet when the greys hit you?
It's Monday, January 3rd, and January ugh is threatening...taunting me from its tight, dark, little corner.
If it knows what's good for it, it will just stay there, and shut its trap!
After the fast-paced frenzy of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Celebrations, I often find myself in the first week of January feeling...I don't know...subdued.
It's like there's a big holiday go.go.go. and then suddenly...halt!
It hits me every year.
If I allowed it, I could easily slump into the mucky, cold, icy ball of January sludge and simply wait to thaw out some time in March.
When I was younger, that's exactly what I would have done, but over the years, I've learned to combat that foggy, grey feeling through various creative outlets.
I write. I paint. I work on tedious or silly craft projects. I shoot photos. I concoct new cookie, cake and pie recipes and try them out on my "tasters" (friends and family who are more than happy to sample from my personal bakery.)
I've learned to wade through the greys with big fat boots of happy painted on my soles; the days are getting longer, we're moving closer to the sun and green days of spring are just around the corner!
Prompt #36: Write. Paint. Draw. Bake. Create. What is your outlet when the greys hit you?
Monday, November 29, 2010
Unmotivated...and blank
So I'm having a day.
How do I write an inspiring, motivating, writing-prompting blog when my mind is feeling blank blank blank.
This has been my day:
~ I wrote two poems this morning while waiting for new back tires to be mounted on my car.
~ I went around and shot several photos of gorgeous moss on trees.
~ I grabbed a fabulous latte at one of my favourite local spots with every intention of writing
~ I tried to take a nap
~ couldn't nap...so I got up and looked through my photos and cleaned out my email inbox (84 emails down to 11)
~ I attempt to start the blog...stare at the screen...finally start writing and it's about not being able to write. really?
Did I use up all my creative reserves?
Prompt #31: What do you write about when you feel you have nothing to write about? How do you bust through a rut?
How do I write an inspiring, motivating, writing-prompting blog when my mind is feeling blank blank blank.
This has been my day:
~ I wrote two poems this morning while waiting for new back tires to be mounted on my car.
~ I went around and shot several photos of gorgeous moss on trees.
~ I grabbed a fabulous latte at one of my favourite local spots with every intention of writing
~ I tried to take a nap
~ couldn't nap...so I got up and looked through my photos and cleaned out my email inbox (84 emails down to 11)
~ I attempt to start the blog...stare at the screen...finally start writing and it's about not being able to write. really?
Did I use up all my creative reserves?
Prompt #31: What do you write about when you feel you have nothing to write about? How do you bust through a rut?
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