Committing to a creative vision

As of tomorrow I start my year off teaching, and begin a year of creativity. I decided to take a year off my professional career as a classroom teacher at the end of last year. Several things moved me to do this; exhaustion, burnt out, lack of vision, amongst other things like wanting to tend to my family, nurture my self, and curiosity at what might unlock within me if I l gave it the time and space. I was sick of waking up tired, sick of ignoring that voice inside me that asked..”what if?”. Creativity is born from curiosity. So what will this year look like for me? I plan on living a more mindful existence where I am not too busy to take in the small details of wonder around me. Fuelled by my studies in astrology I will live more in tune with the natural world, seeking inspiration from archetypal energies, symbolic synchronicities in my surroundings, and imaginative realms. I hope to develop not just my pottery, but also dabble in other modes of creating routinely in order to practice creativity. You know that quote that even your breakfast can be poetry? Well, I want my life to be poetry. I will embed magic and grace and wonder throughout the day, in all the mundane and liminal spaces my hands and mind can reach. I will write, I will draw, I will paint. I will create. And ultimately, I want to share these learnings with you, so that your life can be poetry too.