My oldest daugther is part of a group. They meet once a week for ten weeks. It is in the afternoon. It is a small group, only six children. They are working on their equilibrium and with two ergotherapists. All the children enjoy it. There are a suspended bag they can hold on, it is pear shaped. Also a rope ladder and two bars holded by ropes. There is even an trampoline. Work is hidden under play. Children have a lot of fun.
Today, I received some ticket for the show, at the end of the group. I am happy that my daughter will do a show. It is for a small audience. I remember, as a child, I had done a few shows like one with my skating class. It gave me an experience that I could not had otherwise. In the shows I have done, each person had a part.
A show is a bit thing. Lot of practice. Even if the practice and the show itself is the end result of the creative process, each person in the show have a personal touch to give. I hope my daughter will have fun doing this show.
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Monday, 30 March 2015
Intentions down the drain
I have an intention to create more. Right now, it is going down the drain. Lot of appointment. Not easy to find time to sit down and create something. Would like to have a few hours to get intricate craft objects. I don't have the luxury. I have to find projects that can be made quickly or in a limited amount of time. Or put the more long projects into chunks. I don't it will be easy. I find it hard to leave a project and come back later.
On the other hand, I feel the need to do something. I want to create. I had always been most effective in the evening. It is just that lately, it had troubles to do something in the evening. My evenings are shorter now. In that case, maybe a better planning for evenings? It is not easy to solve.
I could take some chunk of time to dedicate to my projects. I am a bit reticent, even if it could be a solution. What I dislike in that: I feel robbing of the spur of the moment. I am more in the creating when I feel inspired. Can be hard to work in these conditions. It goes smoother if I have a clear idea of what I want to do. Once I feel inspired, it goes fast and well.
So, I guess I have to balance inspiration and available time. Easier said than done. I will have to experiement. Lot of experimentation. I feel there is just that in my life right now. Lot of adaptation on my part. I would like to find a more sure footing. Just hope to find the balance quickly. I am in a hectic period. Once in calmer water, I will find it easier to balance everything.
Lot of rambling. I am just frustrated by the state of my creativity. I don't feel I am doing something on the creative side. I seems to have lost it in the flurry of real life.
On the other hand, I feel the need to do something. I want to create. I had always been most effective in the evening. It is just that lately, it had troubles to do something in the evening. My evenings are shorter now. In that case, maybe a better planning for evenings? It is not easy to solve.
I could take some chunk of time to dedicate to my projects. I am a bit reticent, even if it could be a solution. What I dislike in that: I feel robbing of the spur of the moment. I am more in the creating when I feel inspired. Can be hard to work in these conditions. It goes smoother if I have a clear idea of what I want to do. Once I feel inspired, it goes fast and well.
So, I guess I have to balance inspiration and available time. Easier said than done. I will have to experiement. Lot of experimentation. I feel there is just that in my life right now. Lot of adaptation on my part. I would like to find a more sure footing. Just hope to find the balance quickly. I am in a hectic period. Once in calmer water, I will find it easier to balance everything.
Lot of rambling. I am just frustrated by the state of my creativity. I don't feel I am doing something on the creative side. I seems to have lost it in the flurry of real life.
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Learning new words
I learned a new word. It is great to learn about a new thing. Didn't expected it would be related to the Silk Roads again. Recently, I discovered there was also a Maritime Silk Road. What I learned about the Silk Roads? It is the word "Caravansary". Here is the place where I learned about that word:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/caterms/qt/caravansary.htm
So, a caravansary is the place where people on the Silk Roads stays for the night. It is a fancy name for the inns on the Silk Roads. It seems also to be a place with some luxuries. It seems to be big places, even with a market, water, supplies, things for the camels... Those places look like a specialized inns. Maybe modern inns could channel the caravansary for new ideas.
I don't know if I should take that as a sign. I have been thinking a lot about the Silk Road lately. It is the second thing that I learned about the Silk Roads. Of course, I somewhat feel wiser because of that. I am also happy to learn something new, something on a area I though I knew kind of well. I don't consider myself an expert on the Silk Roads but I think I may know more than the average person.
As I learned about the caravansary, my mind started to work. Would be nice to write a story about a special road like the Silk Roads. I don't want to do something like an historical/romantized story on the Silk Roads. As I said just above, I am not an expert. I would like to create something with the Silk Roads as an inspiration. I think it is a nice jumpboard with what I recencly learned.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/caterms/qt/caravansary.htm
So, a caravansary is the place where people on the Silk Roads stays for the night. It is a fancy name for the inns on the Silk Roads. It seems also to be a place with some luxuries. It seems to be big places, even with a market, water, supplies, things for the camels... Those places look like a specialized inns. Maybe modern inns could channel the caravansary for new ideas.
I don't know if I should take that as a sign. I have been thinking a lot about the Silk Road lately. It is the second thing that I learned about the Silk Roads. Of course, I somewhat feel wiser because of that. I am also happy to learn something new, something on a area I though I knew kind of well. I don't consider myself an expert on the Silk Roads but I think I may know more than the average person.
As I learned about the caravansary, my mind started to work. Would be nice to write a story about a special road like the Silk Roads. I don't want to do something like an historical/romantized story on the Silk Roads. As I said just above, I am not an expert. I would like to create something with the Silk Roads as an inspiration. I think it is a nice jumpboard with what I recencly learned.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Addicted to scents
I admit it: I am addicted to scents. I like to have scented candles once in a while. I had a period where I burned incense. Now, I do less. It been a while since I burned some. I do have some packs of incense. I am not tempted now because we are in colder season. Maybe I would burn some when the temperature will be less cold.
What I like the most is essential oils. I like the scent, even if it is strong. I like to mix them. I had some blends under my belt but they aren't all sweet smelling. Some are strong smelling, maybe I haven't found the right mix between them. Or I have to rethink the composition of those blend. I know about some scents are short term, others are for the long term and there the middles ones. I haven't play with that yet, I think it would be time for me to play with that.
I don't know why I like scents. It is like my interest for gems and rocks. Is it linked with the senses? The scents is a more recent interest. Gems and rocks are a more ancient interest. I really got more interested to play with scent while I took a soap class. In the class, we were using melt and pour soaps. We would add essential oils and colours. It is where I wanted to go deeper in the world of scent. Well, of essential oils more specifically. It must be part of a wild side where I would take some control. I am able to mix and create. I do have put some scent in the candles I had made. It had been a wild that I had made candles.
I am not ready to go on to become a nose for perfume. It is the only thing that I am not ready to do. Perfumes can be nice to smell but I find it is too much overpowering. It is not something that I like to use. I can't put it on, anyway. I doin't like to put scents directly on my skin. Maybe perfume is too much chemical and essential oils are powerful but aren't used as perfume can. I think I prefer to have scent in the air around me than on me.
What I like the most is essential oils. I like the scent, even if it is strong. I like to mix them. I had some blends under my belt but they aren't all sweet smelling. Some are strong smelling, maybe I haven't found the right mix between them. Or I have to rethink the composition of those blend. I know about some scents are short term, others are for the long term and there the middles ones. I haven't play with that yet, I think it would be time for me to play with that.
I don't know why I like scents. It is like my interest for gems and rocks. Is it linked with the senses? The scents is a more recent interest. Gems and rocks are a more ancient interest. I really got more interested to play with scent while I took a soap class. In the class, we were using melt and pour soaps. We would add essential oils and colours. It is where I wanted to go deeper in the world of scent. Well, of essential oils more specifically. It must be part of a wild side where I would take some control. I am able to mix and create. I do have put some scent in the candles I had made. It had been a wild that I had made candles.
I am not ready to go on to become a nose for perfume. It is the only thing that I am not ready to do. Perfumes can be nice to smell but I find it is too much overpowering. It is not something that I like to use. I can't put it on, anyway. I doin't like to put scents directly on my skin. Maybe perfume is too much chemical and essential oils are powerful but aren't used as perfume can. I think I prefer to have scent in the air around me than on me.
Monday, 23 March 2015
Making a notebook
I have started making a notebook. I have made the signatures. The signatures are four sheets of paper folded in two. I have made many. So, I could do many notebooks, if I want. I have folded the sheets of paper with a bone folder (here an example of a bone folder: http://www.amazon.ca/Books-Hand-Bone-Folder-Inch/dp/B0025U13HW/ref=wl_mb_wl_huc_mrai_3_dp
So, I am ready to do the next step. It is to assemble the signatures together. There are many ways. I have to decide what I will do. I can do as I have learned in my book repair class: up to 3 notches in the signature, put a thread in each notches, put some glue, put some bookcloth (what bookcloth look like: http://www.amazon.ca/Books-Bookcloth-University-Products-Inc/dp/B00M8OQCI0/ref=sr_1_10?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1427075298&sr=1-10&keywords=bookcloth), more glue and leave to dry. Once dried, a cover made with cardboard, put some book binding tape inside the cardboard. The corners was reinforced with tape and voilà! The notebook was finished. It is how I learned to do it.
I had seen some video on youtube on other techniques like the coptic stitche. I also bought some books on the topic. I am tempted to try a new technique but, on the other hand, I would like to refresh myself. I could do both by separating the signatures in some piles. I have enough for that. So, I have to make some decision before going on.
Choices, not always easy to chooses...
So, I am ready to do the next step. It is to assemble the signatures together. There are many ways. I have to decide what I will do. I can do as I have learned in my book repair class: up to 3 notches in the signature, put a thread in each notches, put some glue, put some bookcloth (what bookcloth look like: http://www.amazon.ca/Books-Bookcloth-University-Products-Inc/dp/B00M8OQCI0/ref=sr_1_10?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1427075298&sr=1-10&keywords=bookcloth), more glue and leave to dry. Once dried, a cover made with cardboard, put some book binding tape inside the cardboard. The corners was reinforced with tape and voilà! The notebook was finished. It is how I learned to do it.
I had seen some video on youtube on other techniques like the coptic stitche. I also bought some books on the topic. I am tempted to try a new technique but, on the other hand, I would like to refresh myself. I could do both by separating the signatures in some piles. I have enough for that. So, I have to make some decision before going on.
Choices, not always easy to chooses...
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Dreaming dreams
There are time where my dream life is more active, other times it is less active. It seems to go into cycle of activity and inactivity. I am in a period of activity right now. This period of activity seems to be linked with my activities in real life. I like having dreams. They are usually weird in a good way.
I haven't gone deeper in understanding my dreams. I didn't look much for the meanings of the symbolism, yet. The only thing I noticed is the lack of theme. Since I started to record my dreams, I could find themes I had. Usually, one theme is prevalent for a good amont of time. There can be very brief period where there is no theme. Eventually, a theme emarge.
At this moment, I don't have any theme that link all recent dreams. They seems to be individual dreams. It been a while that this lack of theme is prevalent. I don't know how long this will go on. I don't explain this lack of unity. Does my life lack coherence? Am I in a period of uncertainty? Usually when I question my waking life, there is a theme in my dreamlife. I came to the conclusion that my dreamlife have a knowledge that I don't have access in real life.
I don't know if a theme will emerge soon. Would be nice. I am curious of what the next theme will be. My previous themes were pretty amazing: one theme was the labyrinth, another was linked with Star Trek, even one with sword fighting capabilities. I am curious if I will have another unusual fun or cool theme.
I haven't gone deeper in understanding my dreams. I didn't look much for the meanings of the symbolism, yet. The only thing I noticed is the lack of theme. Since I started to record my dreams, I could find themes I had. Usually, one theme is prevalent for a good amont of time. There can be very brief period where there is no theme. Eventually, a theme emarge.
At this moment, I don't have any theme that link all recent dreams. They seems to be individual dreams. It been a while that this lack of theme is prevalent. I don't know how long this will go on. I don't explain this lack of unity. Does my life lack coherence? Am I in a period of uncertainty? Usually when I question my waking life, there is a theme in my dreamlife. I came to the conclusion that my dreamlife have a knowledge that I don't have access in real life.
I don't know if a theme will emerge soon. Would be nice. I am curious of what the next theme will be. My previous themes were pretty amazing: one theme was the labyrinth, another was linked with Star Trek, even one with sword fighting capabilities. I am curious if I will have another unusual fun or cool theme.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Discovering a glitch
I always thougth that bad luck happened to other when it comes to computer glitches, especially for texts. I always been lucky enough to never loose data. Well, today, I wanted to access a text. I discovered that the text I opened only had two pages and I knew it had more. Even the backup had the same problem. My only hope now reside in the paper version I have and where I made some improvement. It will be a pain to type it all over again. I guess that I am not immune to technological gliches. I just wonder that even safeguard had failed me too. I still wonder how it got to this way. I come to think it had to do with some unforeseen curruption or an accidental mishap on my part.
I don't understand what happened. I guess it may be time to find a third way to safeguard all of my texts. I have a lot of big chunky long texts. I put a lot of effort in them. On the other hand, I am lucky to have learned how to type fast. Not fast enough to my taste but enough that I will be able to repair this glich. At least, I have discovered all this. Not too late to fix it.
Technology is good. It is nice to keep my texts on a computer and where I can edit them easily. In my experience in other area, when technology goes bad, it is a pain. It is not funny, especially the alternative that must be taken. This may be why I am not too deeply immersed in technology. My texts are the most important data I have on my computer.
Now, this event force me to work on my texts and be more up to date in my revision.
I don't understand what happened. I guess it may be time to find a third way to safeguard all of my texts. I have a lot of big chunky long texts. I put a lot of effort in them. On the other hand, I am lucky to have learned how to type fast. Not fast enough to my taste but enough that I will be able to repair this glich. At least, I have discovered all this. Not too late to fix it.
Technology is good. It is nice to keep my texts on a computer and where I can edit them easily. In my experience in other area, when technology goes bad, it is a pain. It is not funny, especially the alternative that must be taken. This may be why I am not too deeply immersed in technology. My texts are the most important data I have on my computer.
Now, this event force me to work on my texts and be more up to date in my revision.
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