My husband and friends often ask me why I don't spend more time writing if I love it so much? That old adage "You make time for what's important to you" springs to mind, and lips, often. And, while it's true in many cases, it doesn't clearly address the creative mind.
For me anyway, writing takes not only time, but emotion and creativity and energy.
I've always considered myself the logical organized, practical mind. Not the creative, passionate, artful mind. Because you can't be both, right? That's what we're told and taught to believe. Right-brain vs Left-brain. Math/Science vs Art/Literature. Logic vs Emotion. Heck, Conservative vs Liberal.
But - Why??
Why is everything we're told, taught & see, couched in terms of either/or? Life does not have to be divisive. It SHOULDN'T be so divisive. So, why can't I be BOTH practical AND creative? Logical AND passionate. Organized AND artful?
That is my pursuit... to be what I WANT to be WHEN I want to be. However... I'm not sure how to accomplish that. Working so much every day results in the opposite of what writing requires of me - I have little time, often low emotions, creativity that is smothered by organization and book work and an exhaustion that hangs on me like a sick child. Writing is the victim of Life when Life should be the Muse of Writing.
As I today am mourning the loss of another friend, I am once more reminded of how little time we have here on this earth. We should do what we love (dare I say "Everything we love") while we can. Even if we live long, we get OLD. Our passions fall victim to our aches & pains & age. As I ponder how fast time is passing, I am ever more aware that I need to pursue those passions NOW. What does that look like? I'm not sure - more writing for sure (so you're getting TWO blog posts today). More Riding maybe? More reading, more gardening & canning? More travel? More playing with dogs & listening to music & attending festivals? More attempts to express myself to you... more pictures to have when I can no longer "go"...
So... let's see if those goals can materialize... Here's to US making time to be creative, shaking off those things that weigh us down & keep us back. Let's LIVE while we're living.
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