I want to believe

some days even though the absence of inspiration and new ideas oppresses me with a heavy sense of guilt, I want to believe that being creative doesn't necessarily involve making a thing that hangs in a place. that it is really my soul expressing itself. a chance to make a joyous choice, and create beauty from life's little, ordinary things.

some days I want to believe that turning the daffodils toward the sun, arranging the boys' artwork, some Polaroid photos and articles ripped from the pages of House Beautiful on my refrigerator's door, matching all the socks in the sock drawer and practicing scales on my piano every morning are the recharging, balancing part of my work.

some days my son's eyebrows tell a story, moving up and down and raising with excitement every time he speaks. and it's so beautiful. I just don't feel like writing about my life. I want to live it. and I want to believe that it's okay, too.

Comments

[kristen]

yes, living life instead of trying to create it....to me this is the most inspired form of creativity. xo

[ChickenFlicken]

Irene, this is what I'm talking about. You say it so well.

[blackbird]

Well, you'd better be right, because I'm here folding socks...

[Chris]

Every sentence you write is a tiny poem, capturing life's essence. You ARE creativity.

[meredith]

You are right on.

[Waya]

Yup, we are living life here times 3.5 and loving it...most days.

[paintergirl]

Yes yes-it is about living. How you live and what you do. We have these choices to make, and writing these words down in your blog is creative and an inspiration.

[bella]

Irene - creativity is all of those things and more. There is no little box or book that says "this is it". Life as it flows and all that comes with it - it's all a creative process. Believe it, girlfriend.

[Steph]

I want to believe this, too.

You said it so well and so gracefully *exactly* what has been on my mind the past week.

[wish studio]

Y.E.S. read keri smith's most recent blog post - it is all about how art is expression, not an end result. you are right on mama! xo, mindy

[Susie Sunshine]

More often then we'd like to admit, there are no words to adequately express fleeting childhood moments anyway.
Store them up in your heart to savor for later.

[Ninotchka]

It's more than OK, it's great. And hey, I LOVE Polaroids on refrigerators. :::wink, wink:::

Kisses!

[tomoko]

Irene, your writing always reminds me to re-focus on what is really important for me in life. Your honesty in your writing has been invalualble gifts to me.

Thank you.

[Maria]

My father used to say that writers block was just the moments that we are storing up material for the next time we write. It can be maddening, but it gives our writing experience, depth, and realism.

[Julie]

I really understand. That's the way I usually feel.

[Kat]

AMEN!

and an extra Halleluiah for the "balancing parts".