Creative Up-date

Wow I just realised I hardly ever write about my creativity any more. So just to show that it’s still ongoing here’s some of what I’ve been up to in the last while.  Weaving with birch bark: What a great experience it was to go on a course which took me into a new realm. Trying to remove bark the other day I sliced my thumb so lots to learn but it got my out for a lovely walk. Made this little felt panel to try different techniques. It...

Distraction

DISTRACTION, what do you know about it? Recently I was caught up in it so much I even considered moving home! I’ve been nursing sick family members, one of them told me things I didn’t want to hear about, Christmas is coming, and my own journey of healing is taking me into some of the darker recesses of my psyche. All good enough reasons on their own to practice a bit of “not here-ness”. But there is something more pressing, more...

Breathing Life into Creative Ideas

Mairi has very kindly invited me to write a guest blog for her today on the process of breathing life into my creative ideas and how I managed to go from initial creative inspiration to actually publishing a novel on Amazon. The Creative Journey “Everyone has a book in them” or so the saying goes. Well, I am sure this is true – have you seen how many books are for sale on just amazon alone? Joking aside though, whilst many may have a...