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 Hello there -

I got stuck. 2020. Do I need to say more?

And yet, what I was grappling with was more than just a creative dry spell. I had to finally acknowledge to myself how imperative it is that I creatively express myself. Whether its been writing or quilting, cooking or drawing - or a dozen other crafts or skills that I used to create - I hadn't really consider how I keep the Creative self separate from the person I show up as in most situations. Or even if I do bring a creative solution for a given set of circumstances, I didn't think of myself as creative. Just wasn't the word I'd use. 

Regardless of all the reasons and stories that had me thinking that way - I had the opportunity to dig into my creativity as my world contracted with COVID. It was wild there for a bit and then - I got stuck.

Stuck in my own head. 

I needed to get out of my own head - which is mainly what this blog has been created for. I took an online course on Creativity geared towards fabric users (aka: quilters) and have used this blog to follow along with the monthly insights and experiments. Did I change my relationship with Creativity? Yes. I rediscovered artistic crafts and connections that I hadn't realized had faded into the hazy past. I also crafted my own experiments when the course didn't feel like it was right for me. 

What I remembered - again - is to keep moving forward. I keep trying. I keep learning and I keep doing experiments. Somehow out of all of this, I am finding my own style and my own sense of what works right in a piece of fabric art. I've learned that I can do small pieces that lead to bigger projects. I can take in new methods to study and look at my work. And I keep having new projects to work all of my learning into. 

I hope that my creative journey can offer something to you, the unknown reader. There are some of the posts that diverge into my own personal experience and reactions to the material. That is as it should be. Creativity is deeply personal. It is expression looking for opportunities to see the light of day. It is vulnerable, soulful, and always a work in progress. Be a work in progress. Discover how delightful that can be.