In my office at work, I have the word “Imagine” in metal on top of a very high bookcase. Well, it’s soon to be my OLD office, but I will take my decoration with me. My position is a victim of The Economy, and I suppose, a lack of Salesperson Tendencies.

Involuntary job losses they say are highly stressful, ranked with deaths of loved ones and divorces. Well, I’ve lived through divorce and the deaths of loved ones, and Job Loss is a distant third, though it feels pretty bad at the moment.

Transitions are times when we assess ourselves, and I have done that in spades. One of the conclusions I have come to is that I need to exercise my creative side more regularly, and I’d like to be accountable for that. Hence, I will blog it. And if I figure out this wordpress thing, take pictures of the visual art pieces I create.

I call this endeavour “50 Pieces”- making something, one object a week. A poem, a painting, something complete. They probably won’t be good in the larger sense but they will be expressions, and they will be mine, and well, I guess they will be public.

My coach MaryEllen and I have set up a time to start. Tomorrow. But with this blog I am starting, or perhaps restarting today.

In a way I’ve been really creative lately as I have used visual and written arts to roadmap my future, so I hope that counts, but I will also embark on making the simple, pleasurable things that make ME happy, whether or not they are of General Artistic Merit… each one will be a step on a journey to a more creative and healthy self.