Take a Leap in the Dark

"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how...The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark." - Agnes De Mille

Anyone who has ever tried to script his or her life inevitably receives a visit from the Trickster. "Ha, Ha! You think you got it all figured out? Watch this." The question then becomes, can you laugh at yourself when things get turned upside down? Can you shrug your shoulders and wait and see what's next? Bully for you if you already do this; I'm sure it's liberating. And if you can't or don't like to shrug it off, let me remind you of something. Change is good even if it's unsettling or maybe because it is. I can't wait to witness and support you as you throw a dart, move forward, or take a leap in the dark.

- ARC

Trust Your Own Creativity

"Art is an attitude, a way of looking at life and yourself. Trust your own creativity. To be creative, what is that? It means to get deeply in touch with your guts, your soul, your sensory life...to be affected by everything so that it moves you."
-- Robert Alexander

This morning, a mere two weeks and five days since our beloved Red Sox had clinched their second World Series in a matter of three years, my husband and I were having breakfast with our nearly-eight-year-old youngest daughter. Hearing Bob Dylan on the iPod, my daughter asked, "Hey, Pop, does Bob Dylan have a baseball Theme Time Radio show?" "Sure enough he does," my husband let her know. "It was the fourth show he recorded." And from there, with Chance Halladay singing his 1959 Rockabilly hit "Home Run," our rhythm-gifted child danced and shoulder-shaked her way to happiness - her style. I thought first about my beloved rhythm-gifted father and then said aloud, "Hey, Séarlait, Geeps is watching you from heaven! You go, Girl!" And then there was sheer, creative bliss for all of us.

When your creativity comes, trust it, use it, celebrate it. Hot Diggety Dog!

- ARC