Tyranno-Manz is extremely fond of a certain bright blue train and his associates. He has quite a few of the wooden variety, plus a length of track. And he loves them. He talks about them all the time. He details tiny plot points of episodes as only a two-year-old can. He lines other toys up to pretend they are trains and spends quite a lot of time smacking one toy with another and shouting "Biff!"
He loves trains.
So yesterday morning, I woke to find Tyrannosaurus lying behind me on the bed, his head rammed against my backside. He was saying something, but I couldn't quite understand him, because of that whole being asleep thing. So I shifted away from him, and settled back down. Only to find his forehead pressed, once again, against my rear. I finally woke up enough to hear what he was saying.
As he rammed his head into me, he was muttering to himself, saying "Shunt, shunt, shunt."
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
I think I'm really back!
I am flying so high right now. I just finished my first complete short story in over three years. Now, I grant that it is an extremely SHORT short story. One page, in fact. But it is a complete work, and I am humbled, grateful, and SOOOOOOOO energized. Which kinda bites, since it's 11:05 pm, and I am exhausted.
That door to the place where ideas, inspiration, creativity, spring from has been shoved wide open. I feel like I am greedily sucking down the flow of that blessing, but I am somewhat worried. I know that, if I don't act on these ideas, I will lose them. They're so fragile, and they melt so quickly in the heat of "don't have time right now" and "must get the practical work done first."
So, for the time being, forget the practical. Or at least push it aside. If I don't sleep in order to write, then I'll get by on less sleep. When I'm graced with an idea, instead of fantasizing for a moment and letting it go, I'll write it in the notebook, with as much detail as I can hold onto, so that I can come back and make the idea reality. I'll sketch and doodle, plan and organize, all that I can, to try to keep this space in my head open. I will keep playing my flute to clear out the clutter in my mind and heart. I will keep trying to include the children in as many acts of creation as I can, so that I never neglect my greatest loves for my greatest passions. I will make the tools and materials for my own creations a priority, with the same weight as I give to everyone else's needs and desires. I will accept my limitations, but will try to expand my skills, so that I can better serve and translate the inspirations, both artistic and literary.
I will continue to dream big dreams, work toward small dreams, and I will live every moment of the journey.
That door to the place where ideas, inspiration, creativity, spring from has been shoved wide open. I feel like I am greedily sucking down the flow of that blessing, but I am somewhat worried. I know that, if I don't act on these ideas, I will lose them. They're so fragile, and they melt so quickly in the heat of "don't have time right now" and "must get the practical work done first."
So, for the time being, forget the practical. Or at least push it aside. If I don't sleep in order to write, then I'll get by on less sleep. When I'm graced with an idea, instead of fantasizing for a moment and letting it go, I'll write it in the notebook, with as much detail as I can hold onto, so that I can come back and make the idea reality. I'll sketch and doodle, plan and organize, all that I can, to try to keep this space in my head open. I will keep playing my flute to clear out the clutter in my mind and heart. I will keep trying to include the children in as many acts of creation as I can, so that I never neglect my greatest loves for my greatest passions. I will make the tools and materials for my own creations a priority, with the same weight as I give to everyone else's needs and desires. I will accept my limitations, but will try to expand my skills, so that I can better serve and translate the inspirations, both artistic and literary.
I will continue to dream big dreams, work toward small dreams, and I will live every moment of the journey.
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