I have been entering a more creative phase after what I believed were a few art-fallow years. I recently realized, though, that actually I had been engaging in a sort of crop rotation of my many interests--mixed media wall art, beaded jewelry, writing, teaching, editing, reading, photo-scrapbooking. This moment of enlightenment, of seeing how I rotated my interests, was uplifting in that it showed me how refocusing my energy on different tasks was not dilettantism, but was a means to allow those resting activities to recuperate and become ready for more growth. Crop rotation keeps the soil from becoming depleted of specific minerals and deposits and allows for less fallow time. Similarly, vocation rotation has allowed me to enter a new phase of creativity--one that might be more integrative of all my interests. As of now, I have started writing, begun an embroidery project, started beading again, continued kumihimo, and generated ideas for larger projects that will incorporate all these activities. The fun is in seeing where this new journey will take me. Here is to 2018's crop of artistic endeavors! Photos to come ....
