“Soulistry – Artistry of the Soul” is about making the connection between creativity and spirituality and last evening, trying to find a youtube video that would show me how to make cotton/silk flower broaches (creativity), I re-discovered the importance of patience (spirituality).
No matter what I put into the search line, while I found some delightful broach-making, hat-pin, etc. videos, I didn’t find what I was looking for. And then, after making a cup of Crystal Tea (aka “boiling water served in a china cup/mug” <g>), slowly sipping it and “letting go”, I came across a little video that gave me the basic instructions and I was able to make these broaches.
While I didn’t save the youtube video or its link and can’t go back and review the process, I learned a new word – Kanzashi, the Japanese art of folding delicate squares of silk into three-dimensional flower petals. Once I learned about that and viewed the video, I was on my way to demystifying the Japanese art form into something I could do with supplies-on-hand.
So why share all of this here? It’s a reminder to myself (and might be of help to others) to continue making connections between spirituality and creativity.
a) welcome the gift of patience with self when learning something new
… spirituality
b) “let go” of rules, regulations, “steps in a process” when in a creative mode
… creativity
Who says Kanzashi has to be made only of silk? Or that fabric flowers only have to be made out of cotton? Or that all such flowers have to have five or seven petals; or only single layers; or can’t have both cotton and felt in one broach; or must all be the same ‘petal design;’ or …
aka … “play”!
Hope you make time this week to play in some way — perhaps with fabric … or paint … or paper … or yarn … or wood … or a new recipe … or a new garden design … or calligraphy pen and ink … or sketching pencil … or a new blog post.
© June Maffin
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What a lot to take on board so patience it is to make the first steps forward in a new project for my garden.
Due to a nasty injury to my right arm and shoulder, I am impatiently waiting to be able to do my Calligraphy / photography or anything creative with pens and paint. So have decided on Bonsai as a very slow therapy!! I have several small seedling trees which need careful nurturing and may be able to become bonsai with quite a lot of attention.
Thank you, June, for making me look outside the box for creativity. A friend has enrolled me to help with a class of enamelling today. Not something I have done before but I am informed it will be good to have a play with it! So a step in the right direction, with your help!