10 years

Ten years ago today I wrote my first ever blog post. 

I have written a whole lot of words since then. 

Here's to the next decade!

Painting again

For whatever combination of reasons, I haven't been very creative recently. I've had a long interlude during which I've written very little, drawn / painted very little. I have sat in front of a blank canvas or empty notebook a few times feeling uninspired; but mostly not. Mostly I have just been getting on with life.   

Last Sunday, 1st August, I picked up paint and paint brushes. I created something. It isn't brilliant. But it is, one way or another, something you might call art. 

The second one, produced over the last couple of days, I like more.

But I'm not really sharing these because of what they look like. I'm sharing them because they are the evidence I have rediscovered some creative energy. As a primary school teacher I'm very familiar with the concept that it is about the process not the product. These are part of a process. Today, I am happy to feel like I want to be playing with colour again.