December 3, 2006

My soulful expression needs to put all the words aside and bathe in color and texture.  So I need to engage in activities that are colorful, like painting (I painted all my walls this summer) and collage and knitting (I knit crazy handbags out of scraps of colorful fabric).  These activities put me in touch with a different part of my brain that exists somewhere beyond the ordinary.  During the years of raising my children, except for when they were young and played a lot, I lost this soulful connection to myself and felt angry and irritated a lot of the time.  I really thought I was, a joyless person with little energy for creative pursuits.  Anyone who knows the essence of me, gapes in surprise when I tell them that I lost years of myself to the daily grind of work and more work. I’ll post some of my collages next.