Hello! Goodbye! Gotta Cook.

Hello Reader,

Whomever and why ever you may be.

I always said that if I ever wrote an autobiography, I would title it Crayon Brain. Crayons being one of the first outlets for a child's "self expression" so it seemed logical to me now as a grown up child (or as my partner Michael would say "a 39 year old petulant child) that I never let go of those early years of creative training. Many would say that I live my life being creative.

Does that mean that I am really good at making Thanksgiving paper mache turkey and Indian candle holders with Pilgrim placemats? No! I hope to never be quite as creative as that.

But as I learned over the course of my 30's, I survive life as a creative person. Creative in the sense that my job is in the theatre, I am a director. I have acted and enjoy it at times. I love singing and stopped for many years and it wasn't until recently that I realized how much of me is lost without those vocal vibrations banging against my spirit. I love writing. I love the visual arts but I am no painter or sculpture or anything. Yet. Though I do love photography and film. Plus there is tremendous element of the visual arts in theatre. Or at least what I do in theatre.

But, and this is my point, living creatively also expands to how a person lives in their private life day to day. From the simple being outdoors in a park by a lake with fireflies swarming about and Bach's Goldberg Variation playing in the ipod. Or riding a bike with my partner Michael in a part of the Everglades called Shark Valley (we live in South Florida) and stopping every so often to be part of the alligators, dear, heron, and trees in the wind, baking in the sun- being part of that world is also being creative. Decorating a room, planting a garden, mediating with great literature, a reaction after a terrific film, feeling the vibrations of a symphony play, laughing with friends, eating great food and cooking. Dinner parties are very creative. These are all part of my daily life. Sure life throws many curve balls at a person, I have recently lost my full time job but what I have learned is my survival of these curve balls (or tsunamis) is how well I can be myself by connecting my creative self to simple activities.

This blog is about a creative person's life. It is my hope to discover more about myself while communicating with other on a new lever. Share some of my ideas about the creative life. Possible teach those who struggle with this aspect of themselves a new way of viewing the world and their place in it.

But for now, Michael and I are having a dinner party tonight. I must go and cook. Thus far I have only made the dessert and in the middle of the soup. Tomorrows blog will be all about the food, the tastes, the wine, the music and the conversation. Dinner for 8 at 8! Yikes!

Best,

Stuart