It’s Wednesday! Most people celebrate this day as the halfway point to the weekend. I used to, too. But since I started following Jamie Ridler Studios, Wednesdays have taken on a whole new—and more joyful—meaning. Now each and every Wednesday is a Wishcasting Wednesday!
Today, as Jamie celebrates the fruition of one of her wishes (she received the sample copy of her new book, the Wishcasting Journal—hooray Jamie!) she asks her fellow creative explorers, “What do you wish to celebrate?”
That’s a tough one, Jamie. I could celebrate being on the road to recovery from a nasty little head cold. I could celebrate my younger sister and grandparents’ homecoming for the Thanksgiving holiday. I could celebrate Re.Told Journals, my line of recycled vintage book journals, being accepted into a nationally recognized juried folk and fine art fair next month. I could celebrate the completion of my very first piece of mixed media art, something I’ve wanted to do for quite some time but let my lack of “artistic training” stand in the way. I could celebrate my husband, who had just the right words (even if they weren’t his own) to comfort my frenzied soul as I vented to him about the excitement, confusion, frustration and joy I feel over my many recent creative endeavors and the many possible paths they could—or might not—lead. (If you're interested in finding out what those words were, you can find it in a twitter update from today @bysararae.)
But which of these events and people and occasions were most worthy of celebration?
All of them.
I can't choose just one because each one, in some way, makes up a piece of my life's journey. It's all interconnected. So today I choose to celebrate the journey…every single step of it. I celebrate the hope and the frustration, the joys and disappointments, the calm and the chaos, the desire and the contentment, the gains and the losses, the expectations and the dreams fulfilled, the 2 a.m. epiphanies and the on-second-thought-maybe-not ideas. I celebrate learning to let go of it all, including the desire to have it all, in order to let this journey take its intended course. And with each step, I’ll celebrate—maybe even do a little version of my very own “happy dance”—because I am creating a life of handcrafted happiness.
4 comments:
"a life of handcrafted happiness"...lovely! as you wish for yourself, i wish for you also.
Oh it sounds like your world has been filled with so many wonderful artistic things! Congratulations on all of it! As Sara Rae wishes for herself, I wish for her also.
May you craft your happiness with your hands.
As you wish for yourself so I wish for you also
Lynna G
The journey is the best part of the trip :) Congrats on your many accomplishments and celebration worthy artistic ventures-as you wish for yourself, so do I happily wish for you as well!
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