Creative People Thread

[Savas]

Those who didn't catch it, I put the link to the first two chapters of a piece I wrote during a dark period of my life in my journal.

All comments and thoughts are welcome, it's experimental and a departure for me, so I won't be offended. :-)

BUT, it got me wondering if there are any others out there who write or create in some way on this forum.

So I'm asking all of you who feel brave enough to post your work either here (in journal), or a link to it if offsite, and perhaps we could get some helpful criticism going, as well as the pleasure of enjoying what each other of us do.

This isn't limited to writing, mind you. If it's hand craft, post a few pics!

Music? A link to..well, wherever you put music up nowadays on the internet.

[Piparskeggr]

Quick note before work.

I read all three parts of your story; nasty and brutish world there.  Dis seem like a journey of self-discovery and transformation, through a glass darkly, and broken.

best - Pip

[FurballsMom]

I make beaded and wire jewelry for my special friends.

[Piparskeggr]

Always good to talk creativity, it's one of my soapbox issues with my kin, kith, friends and acquaintances.  I harp on them all to write their own stories, draw something, carve a piece of wood, sew a family quilt...anything to tell about themselves and their lives, because, unless you get famous or infamous, no one else will do it for you.

Your opinion of how good you are doesn't matter, get the story down in some form.  Your family will appreciate it, maybe not now, but they will.  I'd give my other three wisdom teeth if I could lay my hands on letters from my ancestors to each other.

That being said, three of my journal entries here have been poems, the cooking one seems most popular, though ,-)

Most of my poetry is written from the perspective of my worldview, which is based in pre-Christian northern European beliefs and ethics.

A few are written from whimsy, like this, inspired by just having read "Wind in the Willows" to my wife as we drove back from Massachusetts a few years ago.  She'd never read it as a child and I like to share with her the favorite books of my youth as she drives, she prefers her driving to mine ,-)  It was also sparked by the sights in the forest preserve near our home as I was walking there after a rain shower had freshened the air.

Rain Way

Rainfall
Clear water pools
O'er soggy, golden leaves
A gleaming path
Is formed

A road
O'er forest floor
The way of Hidden Folk
Breeze gently blows
Ripples

Footfalls
Lightly treading
Like a water spider
Whirling along
Dancing

Whispers
Gaily laughing
Echoes of childhood
Magical dreams
Fancies

Glimpses
Shadowed figures
At the edge of vision
Glad remembrance
Happy

Fresh scents
Heady and sweet
Reminder of springtime
Stirring the air
Sighing

Sunbeams
Clouds have scattered
Woodland colors glisten
Second sight ends
Waking

Read widely, read wisely, read well, feel joy.

Pip

[heatherlynn22]

i do have a few chapters done of the book i'm working on now (my others are packed away somewhere....) i wish i could work on it more than what i do but the kids are sucking out all my creative brain juices lately....

[Savas]

Well, I put the last chapter up, and it is thankfully shorter. I'm glad you liked it, as I was worried it was to grim to be interesting.

[margypops]

I read you 2 pieces this morning I think you use words very well and whilst it was a little dark for me it held me and I wanted to read more, I know thats a good thing and any publisher is looking for just that, I am going to read it again ,see now I want to read chapter 3 and find out what happened...thats a good thing .