The Wilder Gifts of the Spirit

As the title suggests, I am heading to Norway to present the 'Living Archives Project', to Europe and Middle East Section (Quaker organisation). I am quietly super excited. I will explain in more detail when I write the 'Norwegian blog'. In July, the Young Adult Leadership Programme will draw to a close with the last residential in Woodbroke. I am again super excited in a quiet sort of way. I am no closer to deciding what my project will be, the spirit hasn't moved me towards anything as yet. That is ok; I can wait. My mentor told me that the course attracts people in transition on a subconscious level. I imagine people change from young adult hood to adult hood, from one career to the next career. As for my transition, I still feel very much in the throws of whatever may come next after I left teaching behind for a while. I moved from the city, and suffered heart break, all huge life changing moments. I feel I have come of age in terms of mental and physical...

Sunday was supposed to be my creative day, but I really struggled to focus on anything other than work related activities. Contrary to my previous post I think I do need to go over some of the Artist's Way, but perhaps not the entire course. Just dip my little toe in and see if it helps refocus that time I set aside to focus on my creativity. 

It took me a while, but I decided I perhaps didn't need any more positive re enforcement of my creative artistic status, right now. I am going to pass on doing the artist's way entirely again, and just pick and choose what might be helpful. I think I know this now, or I am awakening the artist within or something else. I had my moment screaming it from the roof tops. That is enough.  Instead I am going to try and find a writing class, and probably push myself to take a singing lesson, despite being economically a bit short currently. Now I just need to go ahead and hone 'the thing'... And hone it again... Until it is honed...