Week 1 A sense of Origin

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Morning Pages:
I knew this would be the hardest task for me and I have skipped several mornings. After two weeks of holiday I had a hard time getting up and leave my warm bed in order to go to work. Even though we love our work and are committed most collegues seemed to have the same reluctance. The times I did write, I didn't find it easy to just go with the flow but it did give me some important insights what surprised me. I'll try to do better next week.
Last week I had a writing class at work and allthough it wasn't about creative writing it was very inspiring to do. We looked at content and tone of voice and if you get your message accross (I work for the concil so we interact with the public a lot). Learned a lot with great excercises and guess what, she let us write 10 minutes non stop (after she read the first line) without re-reading or adjusting, just like the braindrain Julia Cameron calls it. It was fun for most and they were surprised how liberating it was to do that. I told some collegues about " Walking in this World" and fortunately I didn't get the response that some others have received.

Artist Date
My artist date for the past week was watching the first chapter of the third Project Runway (please don't reveal anything to me!). Even though I don't have nothing with fashion (or more accurate fashion doesn't have nothing with me lol) I like this program a lot. I love to follow the challenges, the creative proces, the mechanical proces etc. It was fun to see how people present themselves, how creativity often is confused with beeing weird, the trends, the pressure, the status etc. Through quilting I have developed a love for different fabrics, textures and adornments and that gradually has come through in my clothes as well.

My walks
I love to walk and I live close to a small park and a lake, so that was the most easy part of the challenge. Even though the lake is small and not spectacular, the sight of water is very soothing for me. I'm a bit in a turmoil in my personal life so it was hard for me to switch off and my thoughts were going in a loop most of the time, but it helped a bit to sort part of the stuff for myself.

Tasks
I liked to do the tasks (as I did like her approach to do, to act and not to overthink the proces too much). I couldn't name 20 creative little actions, I got 8 and most of them had to do with organising and cleaning, shame on me! It occured to me later that she talks about things you could do and not thing you should or need to do. A bit more imagination is definitely required, will do this task again later in the challenge. When I was writing my personal add I came very close to Mother Theresa LOL. Anyway that got me thinking as well. I liked the excersise with the music, it made me feel more positive and able to achieve.