tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post3735996381353870036..comments2023-11-04T01:02:14.725+11:00Comments on Hybrid J: I Have Nothing Else To DoHybrid Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495322758574425713noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-26596737554486494492009-07-24T17:19:57.687+10:002009-07-24T17:19:57.687+10:00Hi Mike and Judi,
Thank you for sharing your crea...Hi Mike and Judi,<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your creative experience and supportive advice. It is appreciated.<br /><br />Contiuing to ponder on the subject and hopefully will be writing a follow-up post in a few days' time.<br /><br />Stay tune ... ;)<br /><br />And Mike, if you could leave me your blog / site address so that I could visit you. It's always nice to make new blogging freind ... :)Hybrid Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495322758574425713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-40671222238975703382009-07-24T12:35:06.310+10:002009-07-24T12:35:06.310+10:00I have been painting all mylife becasue I wanted t...I have been painting all mylife becasue I wanted to. I becamae a profesional at age 34 and painted like a maniac until my husband passed away unexpectedly and my life crashed. It took 3 years for me to start painting again.. and i did, like i always has.manic. The last 3 yers i hav come to realize"<br /> I painted for applause and acceptance for many years, competitions, commissions.. and not for myself. When that desire faded I found myself just "thinking about painting" and you know what..its okay.I stumbled on Wreck This Journal doing random blog browsing and this journey has opened up the kind of joy I felt about creating when I wa a child<br />There is a time ;; for everything. I am on a very limited income, suffer from chronic pain and depression.. but I know this is again MY TIME// <br /><br />Give yourself permission to just be who you want to be<br />and yes when I paint its because i need to.. and sometimes i dont need tojudipatootiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311208209395349082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-73353629325310962052009-07-24T06:16:09.811+10:002009-07-24T06:16:09.811+10:00I find I can express myself better by writing. I l...I find I can express myself better by writing. I love my two daughters and two grandchildren very much and I try to tell them this every time I see them. But sometimes the words don't come out properly! They always do when I write them down, though. <br />I really enjoy your blog - it's an excellent read.<br /><br />MikeMike Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-1025015170796799272009-07-23T16:41:33.570+10:002009-07-23T16:41:33.570+10:00Hi Peggy & Tabitha,
Thank you for your commen...Hi Peggy & Tabitha,<br /><br />Thank you for your comments and support. I'm pondering on all replies and will be writing up a post to respond. <br /><br />Stay tune and have a wonderful day!Hybrid Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495322758574425713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-19335532189198074362009-07-23T08:03:16.925+10:002009-07-23T08:03:16.925+10:00Oh, honey--I SO get what you are saying. I also r...Oh, honey--I SO get what you are saying. I also really fail to understand why anyone laughed. I am sure several who laughed were thinking, no I get that, but everyone else is laughing so I have to too.<br /><br />If time and money were no issues, I'd write. Time and money are issues and I still write. Everything else I do--the knitting, the drawing, the collaging, one way or another it all goes back and informs and invigorates my writing. It all helps me be a better writer. My writing does not necessarily help me be a better knitter or painter or Yogini or anything else...other than maybe a more sane less volatile person....<br />I write because there is nothing else that means so much to me. I do everything else when I hit walls and I need to recharge and because sometimes when I get stressed there are so many words I need something else to open my brain and allow me to stretch out so I have the space to let the words come so I can write....<br />Writing is more than who I am...it's what I am...and I have nothing else to do.Tabitha the KnittingJourneymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039857244611956960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-6459855449601255112009-07-22T19:21:44.950+10:002009-07-22T19:21:44.950+10:00A few posts ago I wrote a piece on 'Follow you...A few posts ago I wrote a piece on 'Follow your dreams' which you read and commented on.<br />I feel it applies to this post. I thought Kavindra's comment explained very well why the people laughed at what you said. I am sure they would be devastated if they realised they had hurt your feelings.<br /><br />Your honesty and openness is to be applauded Hybrid and I answer a resounding YES to the first question because without using our creativity it would be a very dull life.<br /><br />Your second question is an interesting one to ponder upon. I only started blogging/writing a year ago so there must be many other things I haven't tried that I would be very willing to experience and would bring me much joy. <br /><br />As George Eliot said "It's never too late to be what you might have been". Carpe diem (Seize the day).<br /><br />Take care<br />Hugs<br />Peggymiruspeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980477108868960140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-21083101450866332292009-07-22T12:11:11.936+10:002009-07-22T12:11:11.936+10:00Hi Everyone,
Thanks for all your wonderful commen...Hi Everyone,<br /><br />Thanks for all your wonderful comments / answers to my post. I'm contemplating on all your responds to help me with my search. As soon as I start making further sense, I'll write up a post as my respond to your kind and encouraging words. Also to "report" ;) about the search. So stay tune ...<br /><br />Til then, diving deep again into the abyss ...Hybrid Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495322758574425713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-50976729759161574962009-07-22T00:56:48.891+10:002009-07-22T00:56:48.891+10:00These are great questions. I had a similar experie...These are great questions. I had a similar experience. I was asked in front of a room full of people "Why do you sing?" and I answered innocently & honestly "Because I can't do anything else." Laughter. It has been something with which I feel both blessed and cursed. I've loved it and hated it and I've had to accept a certain degree of loss. A virus partially paralyzed one of my vocal cords several yeras ago. But, sing on I do. During those frightening months when I wasn't sure I would sing again I wondered what I would do - I knew SOME artistic passion would have to take it's place. It is simply part of who I am. I can't do anything else :)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05402675613039857283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-25924409966703529512009-07-21T11:35:37.843+10:002009-07-21T11:35:37.843+10:00Very interesting questions. Most of my time is my...Very interesting questions. Most of my time is my own, I don't have limitless funds but enough to be comfortable, and I still create.<br />Sometimes I wonder if the idea of creating and buying supplies is more fun than the actual creating. I often wonder what my life would be like if I didn't create stuff and I think I would be very bored but would something else come in to fill the void - something I haven't thought of?<br />Is there anything else I would do with my life? I have wanted to be a teacher since i was a child and I am still drawn to teaching, I think about teaching art sometimes but I need to improve my own skills first.<br />This really is a soul-searching question and is about what your purpose or destiny is. Do you love to write, do you have to write to be happy, is it a NEED rather than a want? Interesting!Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508055212017916057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-24461916789496695902009-07-21T07:08:42.311+10:002009-07-21T07:08:42.311+10:00The answer to the first question is without a doub...The answer to the first question is without a doubt yes. It's the need to make money to live that stops me doing all the creating I want. For me, writing is a long-held ambition. My blog is helping me feel fulfilled in that sense, even though I don't have time for the novel. What has happened though is this huge outburst of creativity where I've rediscovered all the fun of a paintbrush! I can't wait to get home of an evening and start making stuff! I regret all those wasted years lolling about watching TV! <br />Second question - yes, I would love to travel but it would be a creatively inspirational journey - food for the imagination and spirit!<br /><br />Don't think too much - just sit and write and see where it takes you!WrightStuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684505907887354154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-75813336942852156902009-07-21T03:03:15.185+10:002009-07-21T03:03:15.185+10:00Kavindra, that was very well said and quite reveal...Kavindra, that was very well said and quite revealing and generous!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10972581158834240144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-74129718244015964452009-07-21T02:59:43.305+10:002009-07-21T02:59:43.305+10:00I may be misunderstanding, but let me give you my ...I may be misunderstanding, but let me give you my impression.<br />I think it was just the wording that made people laugh in the class - to me, it sounds like a joke too. "I have nothing else to do" sounds to me like, "oh, I have alot of free time, so why not write." Something that would sound kind of ironic perhaps.<br /><br />In actuality, what it sounds like you mean is "there is no one thing in the whole world I would rather do than write, and no other thing I feel more called to do." Do I have that right?<br /><br />I often find that when I say things in all seriousness, people laugh and think it's a joke, because I am generally funny. Maybe that was part of what happened?<br /><br />In response to your questions tho, I actually am in a situation where time and money are not an issue for me now, and yes, I do write still. I feel weird and incomplete if I don't.<br /><br />But, the second question? I would have loved to been born without a writing gene - I'd rather be something more concrete and useful like a doctor. Given an artistic temperment, I would still prefer to be a visual artist. Writing feels like torture to me alot of times. I feel compelled to do it, but I hate it as well. Not always, but honestly, most of the time. (sob)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08198572015888392613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-79659399172754761482009-07-20T23:03:19.232+10:002009-07-20T23:03:19.232+10:00Here's what I'm coming to learn about this...Here's what I'm coming to learn about this whole writing or creating and passion thing...anything that you allow to have that much importance, after a bit, begins to lose its glamor because we fee it too much...because the spirit's goal is to learn balance and harmony, when we spend to much time in one area, so that other gifts become stunted, other abilities begin to atrophy, our spirit turns off the love light on the thing we desired most....<br /><br />Feeling out of inspiration? Feeling out of a willingness to do it? Feeling depleted? Most likely the sign that it's time to put that down and go do other things. <br /><br />Yo fill your cup of experiences back up, and suddenly you have tons of stuff to write about, draw, paint, share.<br /><br />Just my thoughts though...Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10972581158834240144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-64067324369952151922009-07-20T20:44:33.227+10:002009-07-20T20:44:33.227+10:00I was never asked 'why do you want to write...I was never asked 'why do you want to write' when I went to writers' group so I never gave it much thought. In answer to you're question 'would I still write if my time was unlimited... yes, I would. It's something I enjoy doing whether or no. My other interest takes up a lot of time, but it stimulates my creativeness.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551773263974891464.post-73605756623423500332009-07-20T16:05:42.729+10:002009-07-20T16:05:42.729+10:00Oh you ask great questions! As being newer in my ...Oh you ask great questions! As being newer in my photography craft, I will say I love it. It fills my soul. So funny, a year ago I didn't have a camera... My husband bought me a camera as an anniversary gift. When I got behind the lens...something amazing happened. My life has changed because of it. I do wish I could make a living selling my photos (maybe someday) but I can't imagine not taking pictures. <br /><br />So in regards to art forms, I think this is it for me (for now anyway). It brings me such joy!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740738041547883989noreply@blogger.com