Oh my. I cannot believe how long it is since I have been able to do a post?!?! I know you have all been in desperate need of further Cherryred rantings ;)
It has been madness for me in a 50/50 split between good and bad. A quick catch up (deep breath) thegeyserburst/allthreecathadtogotothevet/BSSHubby&Igotsick/thestoveexploded…twice (damn I can’t make it in one breath) Ihad2differentauditsatwork/mydirectbossiscrackingunderthepressureandactingcrazy
Shew, now I can take my time with the 50% positive. Actually if I have to give it weight, the good far outweighs the bad (but in terms of actual events they are 50/50). Besides having a BSS hubby, other good things are: I got to see one of my friends who is out from overseas (YAY), I have managed to save some cash (YAY), I am feeling 100% better, no more dodgy lupus fatigue (DOUBLE YAY).
I went to an Art lecture, and then had to do a teaching on creativity. God blew my mind! I have learnt so much. I have reached a place where I am so secure in my soul of God and His loving nature, that all that (two breath) bad, well it just isn’t important.
Stay with me, I am not saying that most of it didn’t hurt my wallet, and yes some of it hurt my heart – but I can truly stand and transparently say “It is well with my soul”. Yay me!
I discovered that there is an entire study avenue called Theological Aesthetics - God in Art. Oh why did no-one tell me this before??? I have discovered entire sections of the world population that think like me. This is not something that happens often for me :D – I am the less then 10% girl. Truly if something happens to/occurs to less then 10% of people, I have probably encountered it. This is not all entirely bad, I have got to do/see/realize things that 90% of the world might not. Of course it also handed me Lupus and Polycystic Ovaries. Ah well good with the bad.
On a completely random note: I am considering going into teaching. I have an English Degree and so would just need a 1 year post grad to be qualified. I could do Unisa, but then I need to arrange my own Prac’s (which I am given to understand is difficult) I could do 1 year full time, but how will I eat?
Below I have copied part of an email around my teaching of creativity. You’ll have to tell me if you want the long version.
“Go check out http://www.muralmosaic.com/kunamokst.html . Awesome mural, which highlights the point : It is our lives that are supposed to be the lived out works of art. Francis Shaeffer.
or as I put it in a far less eloquent way:
What makes this mural incredibly special is that it is actually made up of 231 individual pictures. Canadian artists were given a panel with a colour wash on it. They were asked to keep within the tonal range (warm vs cool colours) they had received, but that they could paint anything they wanted that depicted life in Canada. They didn’t know what the overall image was, they didn’t know what any of the other artists were doing.
It should be a mess, but it works. It works because one person could see the overall design. It works because the artists did what was asked of them in their 30x30cm squares. They didn’t freak out that the person next to them was painting with orange and they were using blue. They didn’t withdraw from the project because their style was simplistic and other people were capable of high realism.
Be secure in the fact that God designed you to share in His creativity. Work with what God gave you, He has the overall design. Don't worry about being like the person next to you. They are busy with their square, enjoy doing yours.”
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