What makes your juices flow? Between what and what time do you feel in the groove? Are you a walker, hummer, doodler or pacer?
I am rather random - sometimes I create just because I feel like it. I've always taken *good notes,* & doodled in the sidelines. Growing up, Sunday School was before Church, & I always hoped for lots of blank bits on the program, so I could draw during the sermon!! I sang waiting for the bus, I sketched folks in class, usually rather surreptitiously!
I don't have particular rituals, tho I enjoy that idea. Sometimes I light candles before playing the harp (since that's usually in the evening). I tend to put creativity 'before' housekeeping, & that shows, . . .
I like music, & if I'm doing something graphic (mostly collage these days), I may put a CD on - anything from Buddhist or Native American chants, instrumental music, or contemporary singers - usually lesser known folks that I've met. I may do some Qigong or the Dance to the Directions first - but probably not.
The art materials are still in stacks & piles, rather than organized, & I usually work on my living room floor. Like harper Deborah, I can compose music or work on any other creative project in the middle of the night - I tend to procrastinate, & have found my muse at midnight more often than not! A favorite image: playing harp in the moonlight streaming in a long window when I lived in a Mountain community!
I'm a stocking foot gal, a floor sitter. My 'main work' is massage, so that laundry is *always* in process - one or two loads a day. Other tasks are filled more at random. Creating is often in the evening, or in the morning, if I don't begin till later in the day. A blessing: 'full time' bodywork is < 30 hours a week, so I have abundant 'spare time' - like all of us, it's quickly used up - my main time stealers tend to be reading & (currently) blogging!
Here are some favorites:
- I believe in magic
- I love to dance, to sing, to play
- I am a Spiritual being, & that flows thru all my experiences & being
- I love sparkle & love to sparkle
- I cherish friends, family, precious grandkiddlets
- I love Gracie Mae (pup companion)
- I cherish quiet & down time
- I love the buzz of activity
- I love adventures with girlfriends
- I love Used bookstores, clothing & other pre-owned treasure shops
- I am a Happy Harper! (& tickled that Deborah Henson-Conant is featured in this chapter!)
- Relaxation, healthy food, good water are all important
- I want to explore more facets of Beeswax Collage
- I want to study SoulCollage facilitation with Suzie Wolfer
- I want to Dance more - ballet, ecstatic, belly, Nia . . .
- I love reading - many genres!
- I love to teach Reiki & to inspire others to embrace health
- I value creativity, & want to connect and communicate with wonderful, creative beings
- I love trips to mountains & ocean
- I appreciate and enjoy luxury
- I love to celebrate
- I am a Bodacious Belle
- Art & creativity are integral in my life
- I am an adventuress
- Shine! Sparkle! Glow!
May all your dreams be manifest, & may you be blessed
23 comments:
What a wonder-filled list Dia! This should be a fascinating week for us since I am sure all the members have one thing in common- we are curious about what makes each other tick!
I also would love to do a SoulCollage workshop this year- it's on my wishlist!
Kim H
http://kimssoulcollagecards.blogspot.com/
What a shining, sparkling, glowingly thoughtful post! Your rituals are fluid and joyful! :)
May you dance into the soulful, lovely space of your creativity.
Is that harp music I hear? :)
dear Bodacious Belle,
I feel like I'm sparkling now after reading your fabulous list. Thank you again for your sweet visit at my blog.
Have a lovely day.
k
A magical list of inspiration! Enjoyed reading your post. :)
You know what's cool? So many of the items on your list are also on Jamie's, how cool is that? I love that you love sparklies and beauty! What's not to love?
Bodacious Belle! How wonderful. I love your list, I love your energy, I love your enthusiasm. I love your stories of who you are and how you became you. Lovely all the time, every time I visit.
I love your list.
Although I have not heard your music it must be full of what is in your list and so very beautiful.
Love your list!
May creative light always be with you and I love all your creative inspiration that comes your way.
Coffee is on.
wow, what a lovely and soul-full list you have made....you have so inspired me! I loved reading it and your name, bodacious belle is also quite bewitching ;)
ooohhh such a fabulous list!!! shine sparkle and glow!!! i LOVE it all!!! it was such a treat to read your post!!! thank you sooooo much for sharing!!!
peace and love to you!!!
Happiness bubbles like a brook in your post this week. Nice to see and nicer still to feel it's splash as I read...
"Shine, Sparkle and Glow", indeed! When I turned 60 I gave myself the nickname "Sparkles", though so far, I've only used it anonymously. I loved your list.
My muse awakens at night, too! Lovely to meet another "midnight muse"-- playing the harp in the mountain moonlight... lovely!
Great post. Love your wax collage. Really very cool.I want to try it!
So many things you love - so much love flowing - wow!
Hey Dia - are you telling me that William Stafford's offspring writes too? I gotta find this person's work, perhaps the apple did not fall far from the magnificent tree!
And you are friends? OMG did you meet dad? I'm such a geek, but meeting William Stafford I would be as tongue tied and giddy as a teenager meeting one of the Jonas brothers.
How wonderful to see your sparkle - and the way you fill each space with your creative light. Beautiful!
I can feel the energy and magic in your words. You are an amazing Creative Goddess, Dia!
Love and hugs
Thanks for your visit and kind words.
Blessings
Jeanne ^j^
Dia,
Bodacious Belle, brilliant and beautiful! Your list shines bright. You inspire!
I love that you call yourself a "floor sitter". Until I read your post I was envisioning everyone sitting at wonderfully designed spaces and wondered what I needed to do for myself. I have a space and I do love it, but I am just beginning to discover my creative self and your words have encouraged me to perhaps free things up a bit.
We are all so different but so much the same.....I create chaotically one day and very well ordered the next. Anywho love your list.
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