52 Weeks. Ist Post.

Deciding to leave my comfort zone of point, click, panic; I signed up for Kim's class that is Beyond Layers.
Using the winter break I decided to get ahead of the game, HA!

First I created a Flickr page ready for 52 photos!
Feeling very enthusiastic and pleased with myself, camera in hand, computer primed, I was ready for Kim's first lesson!
With baited breath....
came the ...
HOMEWORK
"Write your creative story".
Oh!
Ummm....
Errr....

Typing is not my thing.

I looked at some of my classmates blogs.
WOW these are great, some have masses of colour, some are fine tuned with shades of the same colour, some have fabulous photos illustrating them; all tell tales of their owners, some to make your heart just break, some to make you smile, some so inspiring I wonder if I am in the right classroom, all are beautiful and a visual joy to just mull over.

So, I created a blog to post this 'story' on.
How do I make mine as exotic as theirs?
Where are the magic buttons to add the super colours.
Where do I add photos?
How?
Where?
What?
Why do I feel so inadequate?

Now I have my creative story,
I always want to change things, somehow the sweater I bought needs a few buttons added for individuality, the blouse a brooch to enliven it.
I think I always want more.  Something quirky to make it mine.
Not sure if that is creative or just fussy.

I love colour and texture. I love texture and colour. 
I LOVE LIFE. 
I love colours, how they can make me feel and change my attitude. I love the colours of pens, papers, inks, threads, fabrics, buttons, beach scenes, snow scenes, a field of sheep in a spring green field, ripe wheat against a cloudless blue summer sky, water reflecting the sky, oh and I love clouds. 
I love textures and how one colour in a multitude of textures can 'feel' even on a flat piece of paper, the way fence panels are all the same but different, the patterns made by leaves, or branches against the sky or clouds with no substance but so much form. 

Anyway, I now have ....
a Flickr page, (a few photos as I thought I might try to go for 2 photos a week, how people do one a day is beyond me)
a blog page, (verbally boring and visually uninspiring although it maybe).
So I guess I have learned a lot already!