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Volume 1 - Number 99
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TODAY'S PHOTO
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2 of the 3 lavender spider mums used in the Ikebana
floral arrangement I did in the course I mentioned
last week.
I found the class somewhat challenging because of
the exactitude of the placement of each of the pieces
of greenery, as well as that of using 3 flowers only.
See Arrangement
1.
I can be very precise and a perfectionist with certain
details. On the other hand, I like my "freedom"
and "simple" is often challenging for me,
as is "discipline." As I write this, I'm
starting to reframe my considerations about the class,
now creating it an opportunity for transforming "challenge"
to "possibility."
How about you? Are there challenges you are now facing
that you can rethink as opportunities, transforming
conversations or monologues that you may be having?
My immediate challenge for today was to find a photo
for this issue of Picture to Ponder. For me, the photo
of the arrangement itself did not make a statement.
I therefore took some close-up photos, finding one
that Sam and I both liked, though what surrounded
the flowers did not work. I thus started "playing"
with my software to alter the background. Then I became
excited!
I have been resisting computer manipulation and "painting"
and, in letting go, I am finding that what I've been
doing in some of these issues is providing the creative
satisfaction on which I thrive.
Have you been paying attention to what spurs your
creativity and satisfaction?
If not, it might be worth your while to do so. You
can save the insights to call on when you are in a
funk.
READER COMMENTS ON THE LAST ISSUE - Issue
98
"Ah, now I really understand the "roseate"
of roseate spoonbill. La vie en rose, indeed!"
Mary Gray, our sole respondent yesterday.
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