a few tentative steps..

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What better time to rekindle my relationship with the blogging world and celebrate the resurrection of my ‘muse’, than when the earth is embarking on it’s next cycle of re-birth and on the day when we celebrate the Resurrection?

I can’t believe it’s been a year since I withdrew from the online arty-community, and more importantly, since I lost my ‘muse’. It’s been a strange year, characterised by lots of changes in my life, including the stresses and anxieties of moving house and bouts of ill-health. I’m feeling confident that those things are behind me now, and I’m looking forward to lots of creative fun. Yayyy!!!

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No? I’m not sure these guys do either…… although….

***What Deepadharshani Means***

You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row.
You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace.
People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are influential and persuasive. You tend to have a lot of power over people.
Generally, you use your powers for good. You excel at solving other people’s problems.
Occasionally, you do get a little selfish and persuade people to do things that are only in your interest.

You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic “Type A” personality.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.
Success comes rather easily for you… especially in business and academia.
Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You’re a strong person.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You’re always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can’t handle you. You’re very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you’re likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don’t always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don’t have as much going for them as you do.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It’s easy to get you excited… which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don’t stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

What’s Your Name’s Hidden Meaning? click here

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Artful prezzies anyone?

Shortly before Chrimbly I gave myself a Bind-it-all machine, I was very restrained, and only used it once before Christmas, to make Emilia’s Chrimbly prezzie. Of course I forgot to get any pics of it before sending it on it’s trip to Poland, but I did manage to make a verrrry cool book with it.

I think I got the coolest gifts this Christmas. With any luck, they may finally kick my currently snoozing muse off her ever-expanding posterior. I received a wonderful stash of goodies, including some great books, some arty (Secrets of Rusty Things, The New Creative Artist, New Acrylics to name a few), but all wonderful. Miles also gave me a new copy of Ballet Shoes, as my childhood copy is long gone, and I was reminiscing about it.

I got to show off my Dremel Drill Press, to my father-in-law, (as he bought it recently for my Birthday but hadn’t had the opportunity to see it in action), along with the Dremel I got for Christmas 2006 (!)

We (i.e. Milesy) shifted around my art room this weekend, moving the desks and such. Although this means I have to do a whole heap of sorting to do before I’m 100% about it, I much prefer the general feel of the room now.

Anyhoo….. after much deliberation, I finally decided on my word for this year. Permit. I’ll say no more about it for now.

So, if you received any goodies, arty or otherwise, that you fancy bragging about, or if you’ve made an resolutions (or non-resolutions!) for this year, do let me know, won’t you? It’s good to know I’m not simply rambling to myself, although that might be pretty therapeutic too….

As I read Neil Gaiman’s journal entry this morning, I nodded and smiled, and and thought it fitting that I shared it with you.

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

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I just hate it when I’ve not blogged an entry for a while, and whenever I do happen to make a come-back, I feel guilt-ridden and start every post with “I’m so sorry I haven’t posted in a while but….” and feel the need to explain my reasoning to the whole world. Sometimes this is OK and it feels cool to be able to off-load to relative strangers, but at other times, I feel like “I just can’t be a@£$d!”

If anyone out there can relate to what I am saying, click on the B.W.O. banner to your right, and be liberated!

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Just because I haven’t posted in a while, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about you! To prove this, here are a few kewl links, that I thought were interesting or fun, or both, and hope you will too:

Free Rice, Holiday Card, Visuwords, Pixmaven, Alastair Lockwood, Dumpr, Craft TV Weekly

and where would we be without YouTube and the like? Miniature Earth, Giant Girl Doll, Altered Books anyone? and Suzi Blu

enjoy!

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I’ve been absent from so many important areas of my life for far too long, so today I bravely decided to read through all the blogs that I subscribe to, that had been helpfully collected for me by Google Reader. BIG mistake. Having not been online for just a little while has meant that I had over a gazillion entries awaiting me. I started to read them with all the best intentions in the world but then, sadly, I just hit the ‘mark all as read’ button. If your post was one of the ones that I didn’t get around to reading, I apologise profusely.

So many of the posts I did manage to read made me smile, and seeing so much creativity sparked something in me. By the time I got round to thinking about my own blog, I realised I couldn’t remember what it looked like! Quel Horreur!

However I did feel like picking myself up and letting you know what has been going on. Having thought about it though, I decided that just because I’ve been having a rough time, there was really no point making y’all depressed by filling you in on the minutiae of my life - trust me, it’s better this way - lol! I see my last post was quite some time ago, so you might have guessed that I’ve not been ‘in a good place’, for a while.

Thankfully, I seem to be over the worst. Yesterday was the first day in a looooong time that I actually chilled and relaxed without feeling anxious or guilty about not doing what I thought I should be doing. To me, that’s a good sign. Guilt-free day-time TV, whoda-thunkit?

I think I’m actually going to start pottering around my art desk and unpacking all the art committments that I have been so flakey with recently. I’ve got a feeling it may take me a little while to complete them all, so if you are one of those whose art has not been ‘worked’ by me or has been held up by my in-action, thank you for being so patient and know that there is light ahead, for me.

I guess it’s not just about reminding myself what my blog looks like, but what my life looks like too! I’m feeling thankful for everything in my life that I take for granted every day. Do you ever get the feeling that you just want to be thankful for your senses? Sitting here thinking about my senses, reminded me to be thankful for the wonderful way they connect me to the world around me

Smell: the heavenly smell of strawberries as I cut them up for breakfast

Taste: the sweet, succulent taste of the above-mentioned strawberries as I shovelled them hurriedly into my mouth, for fear that they would taste less amazing if I left them in the bowl much longer!

Touch: feeling the sun on my skin and for the first time in ages and not feeling uncomfortable, fatigued or the need to get away from it as soon as possible

Hearing: the sound of leaves in the garden being rustled by the welcome breeze

Sight: being able to read without straining my eye or wanting to itch beneath an irritating eye-patch

If you’re feeling thankful for your senses, post a comment and tell me what it is you’re thankful for.

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I hope you all have a peace-filled Easter, and don’t make yourselves too sick on Easter eggs!

I suppose Easter is getting more and more commercial with every year, with chocolate eggs in supermarkets costing up to £10 - if not more for the fancy ones. Yesterday a tanoy announcement was encouraging shoppers to buy a super-duper gazillion mega-pixel digital camera as an Easter gift! Whatever next? I’m dreading the day when Easter becomes as commercial as Christmas. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I love my choccies AND whatever is inside the rainforest of wrapping paper I receive, but …..

it is odd, don’t you think, that Christmas is a bigger deal than Easter? After all, everyone is born but only one person was resurrected.

Have a great day!

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