Paint or Picture

I love art. Always have. As a little girl, it was second nature to draw, sketch/doodle, color and paint. I've loved the beauty in life. Clouds, starry skies, rain, bodies of water...all of it. I truly feel like my Pisces Moon is constantly taking over my Capricorn Sun. I'm incessantly in a creative mode. I love making things with my hands...or bringing attention to detail.

I want to pick up a hobby, but...um...I may be a little ADD so there can only be one. I want to follow through as well. Take it to new heights. I'm considering painting. I'm talking the acrylics or oils, canvases, easel and all. I am ALSO considering photography. Just getting a digital camera and filtering the world through my eyes.


I haven't decided which, yet...but I do know I want to do something that puts my right brain to use. I've been writing since elementary school. Poetry, short stories...and most recently a novel/thriller in progress. It's the thing I think about most. I don't think a day goes by that I don't have an idea of some kind, whether it slips away before a pen can capture my thoughts...or a file where I jot down ideas daily. I love writing...don't get me wrong...but, I need to find some inspiration elsewhere. Maybe I believe that in the midst of paint strokes or picture snaps...a story will pop into my head. A place will trigger imagined scenarios...or I'll remember a specific time in my life from seeing a still subject in everyday life that will spark a poem. All I know, is I've got this creative energy circling through me and it needs release.

I'll be sure to share which hobby wins out...and any by products of it. What inspires you? What keeps your mind spry and your spirit content? Is it the little things or is it bigger accomplishments?