Creativity enriches you

Creativity is separate from the real world for you. But it’s a magical world in which you like to immerse yourself. When you’re involved in it, you get the wonderful sensation that there are no limits, that anything is possible. What you are really looking for is harmony — you want to feel you are a part of what you create. Planting flowers, writing poetry, embroidery or putting together a photo album, these are all suited to your sort of quiet creativity. You want to fall in love with what you create. You also think of creativity as a part of you in which you can take refuge and feel protected. As the psychoanalyst D Anzieu explained, creativity acts as an ‘encouraging parent — loving, enriching and supportive’. You would love to use your creativity to retreat into a world that is kind and reassuring. For you, being creative means having the chance to become one with what you create, bathe in the glory of it and allow yourself to be taken over by it. This is why you seem more suited to the sort of creativity that calls for gentleness, subtlety, harmony and patience.

Vintage Crochet Doilies

I want some! So many great ideas of things to make with them. A cocktail dress, a table runner, bangles and headbands, just do a search and get inspired!

Not Really a Craft

This might belong on my reading blog, but here are my finds from the Alameda Antiques Market yesterday. "Lassie's Day in the Sun" is hilarious! Who knew that Lassie's days were so full of activity! The people around her would be lost if she ever took a vacation.

The illustrations in the French magazines are lovely renditions of 1950s fashion and interior design.

Non-attachment

It seems as if you have been worrying about your future for a long time. You could be tired of running around on the same mental circuits as you try to make something different from the life you have. But fighting against the resistance is tiring, so try to let go of the attachment that you have to your long-term goals. You may be totally surprised by what happens once your mind is freed from the limits of your own expectations.

An Afternoon with Sharon

I took another class about knitting with hand-dyed yarns. This time it was taught by Sharon McMahon of Three Irish Girls at Bobbin's Nest. It was very entertaining and informative. I'm looking forward to trying some new techniques with my hand-dyed and handpainted yarns.

And we got a swag bag, plus I bought more yarn, of course...couldn't leave it there...not after seeing it all week at the office!