five things friday: fall, liminal hellos, poem wisdom
Published: Fri, 11/04/22
November 4, 2022
Hello there,
It's November and we are winding our way towards the dark heart of the year. Unless you
are in the south were you are moving towards the longest light of the year. It is sweater weather here and I am cozying up with my hand knits and warm beverages.
Reminder that next Monday is the first gathering of The Muse Meet-Up. I hope you will join me for one hour of creative practice. No stress, no expectations, just dedicated time for what ever will feed your creative heart. Info is below.
But first, on to five things for this week.
1.
Fall color. I mean, we live in a world where this happens! Every year.
2.
Some of what my creative practice looked like this week: collageing; playing with new watercolors; being unnecessarily critical of myself and then pointing my needed critical eye at the state of a big project; knitting on a shawl commission; posting #fivethingstoday again on Instagram; napping; making a huge mess on the art table and not cleaning it
up; writing a new poem; taking a photo walk; making a new recipe- a quinoa and sweet potato chili (good
but will tweak spices next time), conversations with friends...
Creative practice is not always about making something but always about about following your muse.
3.
Shadows on the wall. I was waving "hello" but from this world or the
otherworld?
Both. Life is liminal.
4.
"Our poems want us to be well."
At the last minute I saw that Ada Limon, US Poet Laureate, was doing a reading of her poetry via Zoom from The Writers House at
Merriwack College (thank you Twitter scrolling). She shared poems and words on resurrection and redemption that had me in tears more than once.
She also shared some words of wisdom for aspiring poets (and by
extension all of us creative beings). She said "Our poems want us to be well." They want us to be able to pay our rent and take care of ourselves. Her words were a confirmation that we don't have to choose between our art and our wellbeing. In fact we shouldn't. That is not what our art wants or what is best for it.
We have an old story that says we have to sacrifice and suffer for our art, or if our art does not fully support us it is not real or good or worthy. Just maybe, yes absolutely, this is not true.
5.
A blessing for your week:
(source)
May peace find you with ease and
comfort.
Until next time, Sandi
Let's build creative practice together.
Join me on Patreon for an hour of creative time each Monday in November,
11am Pacific Time. Details here.
