I have allowed myself to be held back by a lot of things over the years. Usually a lack of one thing and another. You know how it is. Not enough money, lack of confidence, poor self esteem or self belief. Is that the same thing? There are too many to mention. I could play … Continue reading It’s never too late
I sat down to type up my notes about creativity. Then I remembered the date and sat here thinking about my dad.
When I was young all I wanted to do was write. When I wasn’t writing, I was reading.
Every intention I used to make New Year resolutions. Lose forty kilos, save a million dollars, write a Nobel prize winning novel. Then I would feel guilty for failing. Cue my inner critic: 'Well derr.' I have a habit of setting the bar too high. In school I aimed for A+. I was never happy … Continue reading Every Intention
This urge to create might be what some people call ‘the muse.’ I think of it as the creative energy that runs through all living things.
I am easily distracted. I have a vivid imagination and often more ideas than I need in one day.
A little voice in my head kept telling me I was in denial. Maybe I was in denial about being in denial. Perhaps what I thought of as staying in the moment was avoiding reality.
I have always been horse crazy. Coming to Australia I was promised my own horse as incentive to leave Wales. Not that I had a choice. Mary Poppins says it best: ‘That’s a pie crust promise, easily made and easily broken.’
All my life I have sought to express myself with words. Sometimes it has an impact on others and they let me know, but not always. It does have an impact on me. Somehow putting it on 'paper’ crystallises my thoughts and I hear my inner world with more clarity.
Human beings are amazing. How we are wired up is endlessly fascinating to me. I studied horse psychology for a few years. How and why horses do what they do and how they think. With horses, when the flight/fight response is triggered the horse will want to move its feet and run away or will … Continue reading Flight or fight
