Those are just some of the words on a vision board I created. It was a recent project for one of the Grow Me A Story assignments. I had so much fun creating it. One afternoon, while listening to a Hallmark Mystery, I took a stack of 10 magazines and tore out images that spoke to me. The next afternoon, as a Creative Rendevous, I found Carole King's complete Tapestry album on YouTube and listened to it while creating my vision board. I clipped, trimmed, arranged, and glued, keeping the best and discarding a few. It was a wonderful way to spend some creative time for myself. It also made me think about how I see myself, what my dreams and goals are, and where I plan to go from here.
Missing from the vision board are images directly relating to writing or publishing. Part of this process is discovering where I want to go with that particular dream, or if I still wish to pursue it. Life brings a lot of changes, redirection, paths we didn't plan on taking, and once in a while it brings us back to an old dream. I am definitely exploring who I could be as a writer.
What is reflected on the vision board is my desire for an organized, comfortable home; a focus on healthy eating and good health, which hopefully means I will be able to drive again this year; words to spark my creative self, like imagine and dream; finding my bliss, my joy in living; integrating more fun into my life by returning to things I love like going to tag sales and listening to music; the squares of blue symbolize my color for this year and the blue yarn is a nod to the two short stories I wrote for the class; Cyndi Lauper and Nina Garcia symbolize my love for fashion, design, independence, and creativity. That is a brief explanation of my vision board, which you can see below, though much of it goes deeper. Something to explore on another day perhaps.
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| 2022 Vision Board |
I do intend to be writing more faithfully on this blog, and I am excited to see where this year takes me!
© 02MAR2022 ajjahner
2 comments:
I LOVE Carole King Anything! I remember riding the roads with her voice screaming out at all who would listen!Lolol (on an 8track)
I STILL own that 8track tape along with SteppenWolf and others.
Love your new Profile photo!!!
I also let my hair grow...They say long hair on a 70 yr old is totally wrong...ask me if I care...Lol
hughugs
Donna
Donna, it sounds like we listened to the same kind of music! And yes, you should wear your hair long if you like. Nobody's business but your own, I say! My hair isn't quite that long now, I had a wild urge and chopped aout 6 inches off. It's shoulder length, but my hair doesn't take long to grow. I have stopped caring what anyone thinks of my hair. Short, long, grey, or color, at my age I do whatever I feel whenever the mood strikes. Lol!
We are women with minds of our own! Rock on!
Hugs!
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