Seizing The Day & Starting Again
“Don’t be afraid to start over again. This time, you’re not starting from scratch, you’re starting from experience.” - by Unknown
Both practical and beautiful, I'd just as soon hang these breadboard serving trays on the wall than use them. The work of Melody Klassen caught my eye at the historic East Delta Hall craft fair. See more of the marvelous things she makes on Facebook HERE.
From Northern Light skies to owls and dragonflies, nature's wonders gleam beneath Melody's artistic hands with the help of resin, colour and natural wood grains.
Interestingly, and a sign of the times, no human hand shaped the novelties at another table. The octopus and angel were created by a 3D printer at Brainmaker Studio.
Thanks to more traditional printers, I, too, have seen thought turned into something tangible at craft fairs for my book and cards. This year is different in that my 2008 publication is refreshed visually and newly available not just for brick and mortar shops, tables and tablets but in paperback at Amazon. The process has me examining the quote (top of post) and prompt from Poets and Storytellers United. Over many stops and starts I've noticed a decrease in the year-round rainy weather that inspired my book and an increase in the technological wonders afforded to creators, making previous experiences seem out-of-date. When environments and roles shift, I ponder:
Press Print - a Penelope poem
Like a switch at fingertips on/off, on/off
Motivation is flickering in/out, in/out
While back of mind deliciousness brews
I envision crisp colour splashed on paper
And words rolling sweetly upon my tongue
Ideas tucked neatly somewhere in my head
Coaxing thoughts into life holds some dread
Whereas others once did such deeds for me
It is I now pushing against my own apathy
A light shining in the dark of technology
Empowering, illuminating possibilities
Am I the creator making use of new tools
Or are the tools creators making use of me?
Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United, SKYWATCH and Saturday's Critters.
The leaves pictured above have yet to drop off as I hunker down at times feeling less like a wispy leaf about to gently fall and more like a stoic stone on a mission to update my kid's picture e-book told in rhyme. Turning it into a print-on-demand option, too, years after its initial publication, remains an ongoing process. But even stones roam and are side-tracked, as I was recently, visiting Vancouver and enjoying a lovely walk that took me across the Burrard Street Bridge. My photos below are of sights along the way while my poem for Poets and Storytellers United reflects on life's flow so often propelled by forces beyond our own as we search for stability, direction and meaning.
The bridge I walked on was originally completed in 1932. I love its art deco style.
After much hesitation, stops and starts in the 90's, final bicycle/walkway lanes were added with upgrades in the two-thousands. Sounds a bit like the evolving of my book.
The design and pumpkin orange touches are pleasing to my eye but there was/is controversy over the highrise rental apartments being built by the indigenous people who own the land the project sits on by the bridge. You can learn more about it HERE.
There are many pretty shoreline views to see when crossing over False Creek.
On a sidewalk nearby there is a mosaic by Bruce Walther who had depicted the bridge in anticipation of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics.
There have been glitches in getting the current version of my kid's e-book formatted correctly for various platforms and making it available everywhere. Bridging old and new technologies is frustrating. I both love and loath the process. Human assistants are rare and I feel like a very tiny stone tossed into a sea of digital codes and pixels.
Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.
Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report and watch environmental activist, 90-year-old David Suzuki, in an interview.
HOLD ONTO THE LIGHT
A Roaming Stone
Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United, SKYWATCH and Saturday's Critters.
Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.
Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report and watch environmental activist, 90-year-old David Suzuki, in an interview.
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