So I was thinking….
September 6th, 2007
I just finished reading “I capture the Castle” by Dodie Smith. It was a delightful read and worth the time. The main Character, Cassandra told the story through her journal entries. They were the way she taught herself to write. It was her process. I was thinking of the earlier quote I left from Study in Brown and thinking a bit about blogging. This is my process “live and in color”. It helps me think out loud. I have journaled off and on for the past 15 years and it is always interesting and amazing to go back through what I have written. I can read something I wrote 10 years ago and almost remember what room I was sitting in the moment I wrote it. It brings me right back to that place. I find that very fascinating. It is also fun to see how I have grown or changed.
So I have been wondering, can a person be really “in tune” with what is going on in their life if they are not processing it in some “creative” way. Painting, poetry. writing, reading something thought provoking……something that expresses what is going on inside in an external form? If it stays inside….and not processed through do we experience the depth of what could of been……or just the surface stuff? Those are my thoughts at 5 am today.
In other news, I feel God “stirring” something in me. I started feeling it on Monday. I am not quite sure what it is yet. I am a feeler first. Anyone else like that? I feel it first and then it takes me some time to get the words for it. So I am taking note of it here. It kind of feels like when you smell a “hint” of something in the air, that is somehow familiar and comforting. Like someone cooking something good several houses down, and you need to stop and wait a moment for your brain to catch up and remind you of what it is and why the smell is comforting to you. That is what it feels like. So today, I am stopping and listening, and wondering, and mostly waiting on God.
What are you waiting on God for?
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3 Comments
Add your own1. truevyne | September 6th, 2007 at 9:14 am
I do believe there is a connection between creativity and a person- mostly because we are created by a Creator in His Image. I’ve seen people really open up in prayer with the prayer stations I’ve been developing which tie together activity and scripture.
2. admin | September 6th, 2007 at 9:19 am
mmmm. prayer stations! Lovely. Can you send me what you are doing? I would love to experiment with them some time. We used to use them quite often with our faith community, but have shifted from them slightly because so many of us have young children and no sitters thereby lessening our time of quiet. Sad for us I know, but we will get there again I am sure!
Thanks for the comment!
3. Denise | September 6th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
You expressed it perfectly. That’s why I write so much, both informatively and creatively. Somehow writing about something I’ve learned or experienced or thought makes it more real to me.
Prayer stations… I’ve never heard of them, but I would love to know more!
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