Thoughts on a theme

So I signed myself up for a project of sorts as a way of motivating myself to find my lost creativity. You may have noticed the link on the sidebar there, Creative Every Day 2010. Every month there is a new theme, which we may choose to use or not. The first month's theme is body and I've chosen to use the theme.

If I take it literally, I would have to say right now I have a hate/hurt relationship with my own body. As I age, I find I'm having a hard time with my joints, especially my hands, wrists, and knees. That is the hurt part. The hate part is weight, of course. I know if I lose weight, that will help with some of the pain though not all due to also having Lupus. But this really has nothing to do with the challenge, other than being physically challenging and perhaps mentally as I try to push through the pain to work on my other concept of body. That being a body of work.

Now what kind of work I would like to create, I don't know. I used to quilt, I used to bead, I used to paint, I used to write, I used to have all kinds of creative projects. The past few years though, because of work and family commitments, I've done nothing creative just for me. This year, I want to reignite that creative spark, find something I enjoy doing, build a body of work, even if it is just for me.

I plan to try different ways of expressing the themes throughout the months. One day it may be photographs, the next it may be a drawing, or a poem, or a painting, or who knows what. I just plan on having fun with this theme. And I do not plan on pushing myself or making myself crazy over it either. If I don't post something every day, then I don't. I want this to be a fun endeavor. Something I look forward to every day.