Yes, Yes and Yes!

This morning I am nervous, anticipatory and excited to begin a creative/mindfulness class with Jill Badonsky. I have followed her for several years, once had all her books, signed up long ago for a short class. However, today's commitment will be for twelve weeks and cost $800!!

That monetary investment is a commitment for me, a capital C Commitment.

I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday to buy the necessary art materials. Oh, I had so many beautiful brushes and watercolors in my craft closet but alas, the flood took them downstream on that fateful day, July 4th. The flood took all - house, vehicles, RV, piano, clothes, books, music, all, all, all.  

We are recuperating our losses and beginning again just as many folks do that have experienced a natural disaster or a fire. Recovery requires resilience! I hope we have exemplified that trait for the past six months.

Creativity is My Oxygen - that's the title of today's class. The above wonderful watercolor is Jill's amazing talent. We had to buy paints for this class. I am eager to begin my version of whimsical art. I bought an inexpensive set of watercolors and brushes. I do not have much faith in my painting.

And so it shall be for about two hours this afternoon. We zoom which always makes me nervous. I must learn to trust those invisible powers that envelope the air here in my Loom Room. 

I miss writing. 

I miss being part of a creative community. 

I miss weaving. 

I miss being on my Saori loom. 

I do not miss my music. I am once again playing daily. I am happy and contented to be playing piano, studying harp, and joining the Senior Center tribe with my fiddle.  

In the meantime, the greenhouse is calling for me to play a cd for those eager plants, excellent listeners, all of them!  Today I am going to plant seeds, radish seeds this morning in a couple narrow long planters sitting on top of the greenhouse worktable. Truly it is my she/shed with houseplants and poinsettias surrounding me as I sit in the one metal pink lawn chair that survived the flood.

I wish you could join me, in the class, in my she/shed with a cup of java!