In a couple of weeks I turn 65!!!! For a variety of reasons, I am approaching this birthday will trepidation and anticipation. The only other "adult" birthday that had much impact on me before was turning 30...... or as it was explained to me...... hitting my fourth decade. Turning 65 is definitely a key one for me. It is an ending and a beginning. But of what?
One of my resolutions has been to give myself licence to create!!! Anything, anytime, everyday; to play with all sorts of media, to experiment with techniques, to risk without fear, to enjoy all aspects of the process without judging the results. This is a biggie for me. In all of my years of expressing myself creatively, it has never been without reserve, and I has never allowed myself the luxury of "playing". So I figured, turning 65, maybe its about time.
I plan to figure out all I need to to record my process and publish my results. This I recognize I will need to carry out this year of play. Without an external focus it will be too easy to fall into my perennial trap of other people, animals, expectations to take priority. That has been my pattern in the past that has seen me put aside my creative projects to take care of other needs.
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