Blog? To be honest, just now it feels like I'm groping my way through a pea-souper fog - and yet I'm smiling. There is so much to learn. So much to explore and find out. I'm teetering between overwhelm and unbridled excitement.
How to add my photo? What font do I want? Will I like the text colour I chose? Will the blogger prog publish my text in the colour I chose? Will anybody else care? Will I inspire? Will I be dire? Will I be a blog-post hi-flier or bury myself in a blogging quagmire?
No matter, I've decided to play.
What I love about the notion of a kitten with a ball of string is that the kitten learns so much from something so simple. What a much more fun way to learn than being stuck in a school classroom all day! - Ah, apols to any parents trying to cajole their kids into loving school - I have no wish to cause you any troubles - but come on, admit it - the kitten does seem to have the edge in the fun department.... And it learns without learning being a burdensome bag of hard work. Kitty plays, kitty messes up, kitty tries again, kitty gets closer, kitty learns, kitty wins...
That's the kind of learning I like. That's the kind of living I like. Fun. Playful. Carefree. Sparkling. Getting the serious stuff done while having it feel like sailing on a joyous magic carpet ride.
What do you believe about learning? About life? About creativity? About productivity?
Must playfulness cease the minute you become a grown-up?
An adult's lot is to be serious, work hard, nose-to-the-grindstone. Discuss ...
An adult has the right to be creative, to experiment, to explore, to discover, to produce. And the right to individuation, self-expression, art, play, passion, compassion and bright-eyed sparkle. Sparkle versus grindstone. Compare and contrast!
I didn't know exactly what I was going to write before I wrote this. I could have spent hours trying to craft the perfect blog post. But I didn't. I just got right there and started writing - chasing the words and ideas like they were multi-coloured balls of string (or wool). I dipped my paws in! I skitted around. I played, I wrote, I'm posting.
Kitten with a ball of string - U Sparkle!
Annie Wigman
Dancing Tree Coaching
annie@dancing-tree.com anniewig@googlemail.com
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4 comments:
Hi Annie,
Huge congrats with launching this!
You have SUCH a beautiful way with words - it really does feel as if they are those colourful balls of wool and you are dancing with them. And I love that image of you groping yet smiling. What do you have to lose if you simply see it all as play, play, play!
Thanks for offering us this. We get to enjoy the play too.
Corrina
http://www.doingthingsdifferently.blogspot.com/
Thanks Corrina!
Ah, play, play, play - that'll be the day! Nope, that's not a sceptical, cynical comment - I can see Playday coming my way :-))
Thanks again Corrina for the nudge - and getting me out of the sludge and writing some tasty buttery fudge! Yum ..
Annie - La Sparkletta
http://kittenwithaballofstring.blogspot.com
Fabulous Annie, I loved it reminded me that I learn best when I am not learning, when I take time to just sit and wonder and then go off on tangents and get caught up in a muddle and then eureka it all falls into place. Ah the joys of the creative process and you capture it so beautifully Annie - well done.
Warmly
Leanne
Hi Annie,
Well done for launching yourself so lyrically into the world of blogging.
I love the idea of learning through play .... and know how effective it can be whatever one's age or background. I also admire your spontaneity and fearlessness, your ability to commit words to a page/screen without knowing what will come next. How bold and brave and beguiling!
I can't wait to read more...
Love, Juliet
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