Monday, October 3, 2011

Back in the Swing

Well...
This is going to be tougher than I thought.  It turns out it is actually difficult to be artistic and creative, while trying to fight off ADD and Depression.  So I went cold turkey and decided I needed to start from scratch.  Again. 
Interesting side-effect: Suddenly I'm knitting and reading and interested in doing some writing again. 
As far as knitting goes, I've finished a Hermit Crab from "Amigurumi Knits".  He is lovely, and I sent him out as a gift for a friend who gave birth in August to a boy, and was decorating his room in a non-traditional, non-pastel way.  Bright ocean colors and clean simple lines.  Nice for a change.  If I ever meet another person who says they are going to do a "Winnie the Pooh" or "Disney" theme in their nursery, I think I'll puke.   Thankfully the last person who said that to me didn't follow through to the full nauseating affect, and I wasn't put through the awful situation of them asking me how I liked it... 
No creativity, no mindfulness.  Strikes me as sad, when the expectations put on children are to meet up to the highest of expectations and the effort put in lacks severely.  Hmmm... perhaps I should back up a bit.  Maybe mine are not so pristine either...