MY stuff.
Not the cleaning, the cooking , the groceries or what have you. (Although let's be honest, the dishes have to at least get done! Does it ever stop?!) I have from about 8:30am until 4:45pm and it's mine to do what I like with. Lately, I'm all business. And although my time is finite, I generally get a lot done in those hours. In Rachel Power's "Motherhood and Creativity - The Divided Heart" many of the women interviewed say that having less time actually made the time they did have, even if it's half an hour, more productive, not less. Now that I've put my business hat on my creative little head, I find the same is true for me.
However, sometimes motherhood, creativity and flu germs collide.
Over the last couple of weeks, we have had a pox on our house. The Lurgy has been hanging around for what seems like forever.
It started slowly.
We barely registered runny noses or phlegmy throats. But it built and even I have succumbed. I'm always the last to go down, and being Mum means no sick days. Poor Tadpole missed two days at Child care (over two weeks), which means I have missed two of MY days of what I am trying to call "Work", without using quotation marks.
Whats a creative gal to do with a sick family and itchy fingers?
Create, any way she can.
Behold!
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| I made Lemon Cordial, again. |
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| I made Lemon Salt (a new thing I quite like the idea of) |
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| I decorated and labelled my Preserved Lemons |
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| Mr Frogs jeans, now definitely not for public consumption. |
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| Because let's share the craziness. |
Often though, motherhood and creativity collide in the sweetest of ways.
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| Tadpole and our collaborative effort on a floor collage. |
Now, we're back into the swing of things.
Tadpole is back at Daycare making Fathers day cards.
Mr Frog is back to work for the end of term.
And I'm starting a new, very exciting, and important project that's a little out there.
Stay tuned.
How do you merge Motherhood and Creativity?
