Monday, January 19, 2009

Decisions are the Worst

Ever since the end of class, I have been obsessing over this creative adventure. I have always considered myself a creative person, so I am having a hard time pinning down an activity. Normally when coming up with a topic for an assignment, I can spend hours trying to come up with an initial idea. For this assignment, however, I have come up with too many possibilities.

1. Guitar -- I have no musical ability whatsoever. In fact, I am completely tone deaf. So this creative exercise would definitely push me into new creative territory. Also, my boyfriend is a musician and we have several guitars in the house, so I have the resources for minimal to not cost.

2. Visual art -- I can't draw to save my life. But, I cannot necessarily afford classes and materials. There is a Friday night pottery class at Good Dirt, which is not too costly and I have always wanted to do it. If I do pottery, then I will have a product to bring in.

If I do guitar, will I have to play a tune in front of the class? Yikes...No way.

3. There is a writing project that I have wanted to start for quite some time. It is not exactly outside of my creative comfort zone, but forcing myself to write creatively for a period of time each week would be new. I love to start writing projects, but I have zero follow through. This could be a great opportunity....But I have to write so much for school and work that sometimes the very last thing I want to do is to write, even if it is for pleasure.

4. I have been meaning to put down some design ideas for my house...
5. I haven't sewed in a very long time, and I just inherited a new machine that I have not taken out of the box in six months...
6. I would LOVE to create several simple, large canvas pieces for the bare walls in my house...even though I have never painted ever and have not progressed beyond stick figures...

Hmmmm......this is a tough one. I think I will leave it up to the fates and draw from a hat.

Back in a few with the results...

1 comment:

  1. This is a great journey for you, full of life lesson. I am sure that most anyone who reads this can learn something about themselves - The only way to scale a mountain is one step at a time.

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