The Creative Dream

So...in reading "Muses" last night, the focus at this point is on defining my creative dream, and going back to childhood and trying to remember what kinds of things I liked and what things I was drawn to naturally.

Hmmm...well it's not so easy to remember exactly. I have always loved the woods, and spent a good part of my childhood outside. I loved little, tiny things. I was always intrigued by things that were itty bitty. I was not a Barbie type of girl, in fact I didn't care for dolls much at all. I loved to dress up ...that I do remember, especially as a princess. Silly, I know but I am trying to get these things to surface, so...bare with me. I loved color...that has been a constant in my life. I can remember as a young teenager I had a couple of prisms hanging in my window, and on sunny mornings I would just lie for a while watching the colors dance across my room. Those colors were amazing...hmmm, I really should buy a prism for my window now. Other than those few things I can remember specifically, I loved what a lot of kids love, movies...especially animated ones, picture books, going outside and lying on the ground and looking at the sky through the trees, toys, candy, etc.

So...the things that stand out to me right now are:
Tiny things
The woods
Prisms
Color

These are all things I either have in my life or can easily obtain. I do think I need to spend a lot more time outside especially.

In another exercise in the book they provide a list of things at a creative person might be drawn to.
Example:
Music
Dance
Theather
Decorating
Art
Sculpture
Etc.

They ask you to circle the things "things that give your heart a slight sense of excitement".
I was rather surprised at my choices:

Inspiring others through my own authentic self and creativity
Art (of course)
Painting
Drawing
Writing
Coming up with Ideas about anything
Meditation
Solitude
Your relationship with yourself
Making Everyday life a little more festive and enjoyable
Your relationship with your environment
Creating sacred spaces
Vacations and travel
Being silly

I was a bit surprised because if I had only been able to choose one, it would not have been art, but would have been 'inspiring others' or 'creating sacred places' or 'your relationship to your environment.' And I would have had a difficult time choosing between those.

Which leads me again to believe I need to spend a LOT more time outside. Sacred places for me would not be churches or altars, but special secret places you find in the woods.

So, I think my creative dream is this:

To enjoy life and see the beauty around me every single day.
To laugh and love with everything I am.
Making a livable wage doing what I love.
Connecting with others through art/writing.
Inspring others by just being me.

and that said, I really should get ready for work. I will expound on this later today. (Sorry...no art today)

Something happy will happen today, I just know it will.

"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." ~ Gandhi