Offering gentle, low risk ways to explore what it means to be a creative person
Making leaf rubbings, like the paintings of leaves that I wrote about in the last post, is another easy, low risk way to respond in a creative way to the beautiful colours of autumn. Here in England, the leaves are still coming off the trees and we're not yet into winter, so here at least there are plenty still. Making leaf rubbings is an activity that we tend to associate with children, but sometimes coming at these kind of playful things ... Read the Post...
I like to think of leaves as autumn's equivalent of springtime blossom. Like the blossom, it's only for a few short weeks. And if the weather is bad and it's very windy, it can be even less. There's often a real desire to hold onto the leaves and the pretty colours. But like all the seasons, autumn doesn't last, and it can be hard to let go when one season ends and another starts, especially when the one coming along is dark and ... Read the Post...
Now that October's here, I've got plans for making autumn themed things. Here where I live, autumn isn't quite as beautiful as it is in other parts of the world, but we still get some lovely colours. It just tends to be individual trees, rather than everywhere you look! For the creative things that I have in mind, I need some autumn colour schemes! Choosing colours from a photo can be difficult, but as I now have a strategy that makes ... Read the Post...
There's a song by the Saw Doctors (an Irish rock band who were big in the 90s so subsequently now are a bunch of old men!) that says about liking the seasons changing best of all. The song is here if you want to have a listen. Although I love the autumn, it's hard to pick a favourite and I agree with the Saw Doctors. I like the seasons changing best of all. Modern life would have us ignoring the seasons as much as possible, but I really ... Read the Post...
