Happy Birthday to my Husband

( A painting I just finished as a gift to my Husband for his Birthday)

Today we celebrated my wonderful husband's 39th birthday!  I made his favorite dinner, Lasagna.  We enjoyed it with a side of salad.   After that we got the cake out with candles.  It was decorated so pretty.  The kids decorated it and had so much fun!   Candles were lit and we even Sang!   So very different of a celebration at 39 than it was at 21 that is for sure!

As the years go by, birthday's are a reminder that older age is approaching.  Some people dread birthdays and some people choose to celebrate despite their age.   As the years continue passing by quicker and quicker each year, I am learning that it is so important to really embrace being grateful for all the wonderful things that life has to offer and the many blessings that have been bestowed upon us.   In an instant life can change.   So many of the most important things are simply not things.

My friend Mystele said something in one of her videos recently.   She said that she simply enjoys the creative process of being an artist and that she planned on being an artist forever, BUT she said you never know what could happen that could change that.  So she was going to enjoy and appreciate the blessing each and everyday that God blessed her with it.  (please note these were not her exact words, but my interpretation).   When I heard her say this I had and AHA moment!    For sometime I have felt a struggle with creating and receiving satisfaction through the "sales" of my art.   This is where I was missing the point.   God blessed me with a gift.  The gift to create.   This wasn't always a gift that I posessed.  So many of you know that my creative soul was born at the time my daughter was a short 9 years ago. 

The AHA moment is that I need to be grateful for the ability and the true joy is in the creating....NOT the selling.  Sure, it is nice to sell my work, it warms my heart to know that others appreciate the gift that I have been blessed with, but the true joy is in the mess of creation.  The new technique I am trying, the new paint color, the wonder of the brush stroke.   The joy is in the beautiful variety of fabrics and papers and canvases and clay.   It is all magical.  Seeing a lump of clay and a scrap of fabric turn into a doll with personality is magical to me.   I feel so connected to something so much bigger than me.   I know that it is truly a gift that is flowing through me.  The joy is indescribable and raw and beautiful.   This is the true beauty of the gift.

I plan on exercising my creative gift daily.  It is a way of feeding my soul.  I look forward to learning more each day from some of the gifted giving souls that are willing to share through Video Tutorials and Classes.   I will never stop being a student.  Learning is Inspriration to me.    I have even been toying around with trying a few video tutorials myself.   I want to feel like I am giving back in some sort of way.   Sharing my creative process might inspire or teach someone else something that will carry them on with their creative journey.     Stay tuned for more on this.

Thanks so much for visiting.  Have a beautiful week.

 

Comments

[Heather Ledyard Hodges]

I LOVE this picture. I made my husband a collage banner for his birthday last year and I thought it turned out beautiful, so I hung it up and he never noticed it soooo he's on my "i will never make you anything again" list. HaHa. I realy like all of your art it seems to me we share a little of the same creativity. We both jump into what ever medium strikes us at the time.
Tootles,
Heather