Sunday, December 6, 2009

2009 Daily Journal Page Challenge...Day 246

2009 Daily Journal Page Challenge -- Day 246: Made It So Inviting
This week in Kentucky the creative muse was singing -- or screaming. I created 15 spreads over five days. Curious how that happened. Part of the reason is that it kept me busy while I was sitting in my mother's room keeping her company. Part of it was the tension that always happens when I return home. Things are better now between my mother and I but she surprised me with an announcement that did not sit well with me. It shook me to the core, bringing to the forefront all sorts of mother/daughter forces that basically brought me to a sobbing, whimpering heap. Totally humiliating -- beyond humiliating -- it just was something I needed to experience. In retrospect, it was all grist for the mill, and the result was a creative burst of energy that I am sure will have continuing ramifications. Author Shaun McNiff says in Trust the Process -- An Artist's Guide to Letting Go: "Creativity cannot flourish and reach its deepest potential without the participation of its demons as well as its angels." A mirror of my process, my journey. Amidst the ashes, I am excited to see what is coming next.

4 comments:

  1. I did notice all the new pages u had added.. I thought something spurred that creativity... some of your best pages, V,. Sorry about your mom, seems as tho she might be like mine... didn't know u went back home.. Did u get much rain? We did.

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  2. btw, I think the title of that book may not be limited to just artists... seems as tho it would cross all lines of occupation...

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  3. Definitely, McNiff says that everday life can be/is a creative expression...it really is quite a powerful book. Yes, got rain in Kentucky but my brother and I got out to take their dogs for walks twice a day -- so I got my exercise. The mom thing is really very sad...I'm still "processing" it (probably will until the day I die!).

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  4. V., as far as the mom thing, I've learned to just accept mine for what she is.. I've given up trying to figure her out.. I know my grandma did..She and I would talk about my mom ... Grandma would just shake her head and say "Your mother!"...lol

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