It is true – we all have one. A Creative Life.
I truly believe we are all artists. Whether in the arrangement of the pillows on our beds, or our book shelves, or the swinging copper pans, or a meal on a plate, or a garden, or a photograph, or the ring on an old hand or the perfect balance of spices and herbs or a dance in shades of white, a canvas of paint, brooms leaning on a wall or whatever. It is ALL art.
Some of us are secret artists, some of us are those gentle auntie artists who drift through our generations leaving strong bright oil paintings on our walls and some of you have a soul that vibrates its art onto a canvas or page and and also have that ability to sell from your studio to my walls. Available for us all to see. Wonderful all.
Us humble bloggers are artists in our own way too.
And here is another gem. We can be artists in an environment that cares not for our art. The art itself is our creative food. Even if not one soul but us sees the beauty in a fine row of cabbages, or a sparkling kitchen, if we are the only ones who stare into a sunset for so long we forget our feet and frozen hands – we see it and that is enough. We create and cherish our own Creative Lives within ourselves. You don’t have to sell art to be an artist. No-one needs to see.
I am a secret artist. We are the ones who watch.
I hope you have a lovely day; fellow artists.
love celi
ps – (for my new readers) If you ever see an image that you like on my blog – STEAL IT! I have no copyright issues, I won’t live long enough or be famous enough to bother minding. Just STEAL IT. If you show it to someone else tell them where you found it. Did you see that if ten more people join the Fellowship there will be 5,00o of you. FIVE THOUSAND – I remember the excitement of having Forty readers – some of you remember that too. I opened a bottle of champagne (and drunk it too) I was that excited! Five thousand – isn’t that lovely. Thank you.. all .. c
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108 responses to “A Creative Life.”
5001 here in South Africa on 14/02/2016 at 10.16am. I seem to have dropped off your email feed again, but I know where to find you 🙂 You are an artist not sure about the secret part. Weekend visitors prevented me from signing in on schedule. Congratulations and thank you for sharing with us. Laura
And here – in Europe – 5001 is showing right now. Congratulations, Celi!!!!
And I am part of that number! Wow! – Thank you for all wjat you presented me in that short time I’m with you! For all the gifts of beauty, laughter, comfort, love & peace! Thank you!
Celi, The Turtle Way sent me over to read this lovely post. Thank you for sharing this – I enjoyed reading it very much! Happy day to you! 🙂
Wonderful – thank you so much for coming in to visit – Welcome. c
Congrats on passing the 5000 mark Celi! I realized yesterday that although I read your blog every morning “I” hadn’t clicked on ‘Follow’! So although your official number says 5006 now you can bet there are more than that who have bookmarked your blog and check in on their own each day. Thank you for the fun, thoughtful, reflective start you bring to my mornings.
Well that is interesting – I never even thought of that. Thank you for reading every day! c
Your photography is art. You frame the image and capture it.
Celi, I have so many of your photographs on my Pinterest board, I ought to rename it as “The Farmy.” Thank you for your art.
You are very welcome Sandy Sue – I love pinterest. c
What a truly beautiful and totally inspiring piece. Your pictures make me smile, that sunset is so peaceful feeling! I came upon you via Turtle she reblogged some of your post and I’m so happy that she did. I feel I am going to receive a lot of inspiration and will also be able to take refuge here on the days I need to! So nice to meet you Celi, what a comforting, lovely site you have and I’ve really only been on this post, I look forward to exploring and discovering more!! Have a wonderful day, something tells me you will. 🙂
Yes! I do have wonderful days even when like today it is snowy and windy! Thank you so much for your comment and welcome to The Lounge of Comments! Turtle is such a darling.. c
I’m with you .. Nothing like being a secret artist! Hugs
I wish everyone would embrace your belief that we’re all artists. Bill claims not to have an artistic bone in his body but I can stand and watch him plough a straight furrow across a field and derive as much pleasure from that as from a grand painting.
Congrats on reaching a readership of 5,000. That is incredible. I love that last image.
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