The bad news is that apparently the batteries for my camera have reached the limits of their age, and they don't recharge properly anymore. So.... I wasn't able to get any pictures. Sandra let me take a picture with her camera, which she is going to email to me. With her permission, I'll post that here when I get it.
In the meantime, I want to talk about all this new year's stuff. I'm not making resolutions this year - not even the "in action" kind that I made last year (which apparently didn't take.) It's no secret that I've been stalled again, and for quite a while. Of course, not weaving doesn't mean I'm not doing a lot of other things, but it still bothers me greatly that I'm not getting any weaving done.
So... I've been thinking about my situation, and something occurred to me. I have some built-in limitations that I have not challenged in the past. Perhaps I could win some newly inspired activity just by challenging those unquestioned assumptions about my own limitations. Here are the two main ones that come to mind.
- I am a person who does not enjoy wet-messy processes.
- I need large blocks of time to do anything creative - no 15 minutes here and 15 minutes there for me!
I'm not promising anything, but I wonder what could happen if I became a person who can change focus at will and is oblivious to drippy messes? It's actually sounding rather fun and intriguing to discover the answer to that question!
And on a good note - at the Unity Center I attend, we start every year with a White Stone meditation. In ancient times, prisoners were given a white stone with their "new name", signifying that they had paid their dues and were now free to begin a new life. During the meditation, we're guided to find our own personal white stone word for the coming year - a quality, an aspect - something we want to manifest more in our lives. Each year, I go to that service with an idea already in mind for what I think my white stone word will be. This year, I thought it was going to be "acceptance" (a positive way to say non-judgment.) But, nope, something else came through in the meditation, and my white stone word for 2010 is HeartSong. And I love it. So although I'm making no specific resolutions - my goal for this year is to find and follow what makes my heart sing. I like that.
2 comments:
A lot of stuff does not large blocks of time, dyeing, designing, working out draft problems come to mind. But a lot of stuff can be fit in in small bits of time. Threading heddles or sleying the reed are two good examples. Winding bouts of yarn. Right now i am winding 1" bouts of 60/2 silk, 54 epi, and am extraordinarily busy with some important non-weaving issues. But i find tht if I squeeze in winding only one bout, I feel much better.
That's cool that you got to take a class from Sandra Rude....even if we don't get photographic proof!
Interesting approach to challenge assumptions. (I actually have that wet-messy dislike too. I like to cook, but mostly to bake....all those nice, dry powdery ingredients! No meat and veggies!) I'll be interested to see where this takes you. You know I'm a big fan of working on things 15 minutes at a time....then I don't get bored and I can easily make myself do almost anything for 15 minutes!! Of course, it takes time to get a project in a state where you can work on it for 15 minutes here and there. And there's that inertia to overcome when you're trying to get started.
I've been thinking/reading about time management lately again. Even though I'm finally doing well with spending time in my studio and producing work (not necessarily with blogging about that work), I always feel like there's other important stuff I'm not fitting it. Still working out the balance of it all!
I chose a word for the year at my UU church this year too. (If I had heard your word beforehand, I might have claimed it myself. Yours is a good one!)
Hope you make some breakthroughs. I know it's frustrating when important parts of your life aren't getting the time or attention they need.
Sue
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