I need to be heading over to my mom's tonight for our weekly dinner, but, as promised, I am posting my collage.  I just have to pick up a frame for it now; I painted a matte board for it yesterday.  I like the way it turned out.  It contains symbolism of the new sense of freedom I feel in rediscovering my need to be creative every day.  I never gave up my creativity when I had children; I've always thought of myself as a creative person.  But I guess I never understood that I need to be creative just because I need to be.  In the past, I think I've had to have a reason: a gift I was making, or perhaps I needed to fill some empty wall space, or I needed to use my creativity to be inventive when times have been tight.  These are all valid, important, and even beautiful ways to use creativity.  But more and more I am realizing that my expression does not have to have a utilitarian function; that the simple act of creating is utilitarian for me - whatever it is I create, whether it is useful in another sense or not.

So this collage.  Yes I will frame it and it will take up a small, empty space on my wall.  But even if it got put into a file folder, it simply needed to be made.  Just because.  Just for me.

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Mar. 14, 2007 - Oh So

Posted by Anonymous

BEAUTIFUL!

-Lael

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Mar. 14, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Kelli

Wow! It's incredible!! I'm so glad that you are framing it and putting it up on the wall, you did a great job!
Kelli

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Mar. 15, 2007 - Beautiful!

Posted by Anonymous

Your collage is really touching and evocative. Thanks for signing my blog and leaving the link so I could check you out! It's always great to see what other people are creating and their thought processes and inspirations.

Mary
http://craftaddictconfessional.wordpress.com

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