Happy New Year, everyone!
I’m linking up with Mama Kat’s Writing Workshop and answering the prompt: “Instead of a resolution, some people choose a theme word to live by for the year. Choose a word for 2013 and tell us why you chose it.” This seemed fitting for me since I normally pick theme word(s) for each year. 2011 was the year of ‘Staying Connected’ and 2012 was happily noted as ‘Evolution.’
I think 2012 was the first year I realized that I actually have some creative juices within me. I never was really an artistic person when I was younger. I would fill about three pages of a coloring book with some crayon marks (most hitting outside the lines) before I decided I was done with it. I feared any school project that required thinking ‘outside the box.’ I was enrolled in ceramic classes, but I found a snake-coil-pot-with-a-simple-blue-glaze to be far from artistically tantalizing.
*explanation of picture
In 2012, however, I discovered that:
As I write more and more, the words, tone and themes of a story take on a life of their own.
Bringing a different perspective to common items is inspiring.
Love stories can be told among even the most simple surroundings.
I am weird, strange and abnormal and I should embrace it. The most exciting things can happen when you let your guard down.
Maybe these little discoveries add up to something much greater – that being creative doesn’t necessarily mean that I am able to brush a paint stroke. Among the most simple movements – speaking with a friend, cooking dinner, writing a blog post, loving someone – I can find a way to express creativity. So, if this is the year for anything then I’d like it to be the year that I live life – every last bit of it – as art.
Here’s to 2013: The Year of Creativity. May you be filled with more interesting stories, different perspectives and extra weird-ness. Ok, and maybe even a ceramic glazed pot.
*What is your one-word-theme for 2013? Do you think you live life with creativity?
**My brother is working down in the British Virgin Islands and couldn’t come home for Christmas so we printed a picture of him, taped it to a water bottle and celebrated the day(s) like he was actually there! He found all of our random pictures with him quite humorous! 😉
Love the photos with your brother. I think my word this year is “Focus”. Don’t get distracted. Find ways to train your mind to stay focused on the task at hand and towards my goals 🙂
i love that! if only it wasn’t so easy to get distracted! best of luck staying ‘focused’ in 2013 🙂
~~~ speaking with a friend, cooking dinner, writing a blog post, loving someone – I can find a way to express creativity**
Creativity comes in many forms.
For example, Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies is an art form!
Xx
definitely!! mine are always in many different shapes 😉
Great post. My word for 2013 is progress.
i love that! i hope you make a lot of it 🙂
I love the picture with your brother!
Have you found the site Creative With Joy yet. Check her site out! I think it will help you meet your goals and get those creative juices flowing.
http://www.create-with-joy.com/
~Naila Moon
thanks for the recommendation! i’m excited to putz around her site 🙂
Great post. My word is “Adventure”. I need to get out of my comfort zone, meet new people and experience new things.
i love that idea! it’s so neat to read everyone’s different words 🙂 i hope you have a lot of adventures in 2013!
Hi Caitlin, My word for 2013 will be ‘Relaxing’
I love the letter you wrote to yourself 🙂
thats a great word! puts me at ease already 🙂