Seriously though…

Life is a path with many twisty turns. Mine recently veered onto a new course after a swift bonk on the noggin from my creative muses. I saw how my passion for creating with dried gourds, my love of writing short stories and my newly discovered joy of writing haiku poems all fit together. And it's rather funny how it was underneath my nose all this time. Well, writing haiku poems was more of a big "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" after reading SHOGUN by James Clavell. I find inspiration and direction in the most interesting places!

So how does my particular creative flow function? Sometimes it begins with a character popping into my head. There are other times where I simply look at a dried gourd and it's right there in front of me. Recently, they started to share a story or poem. This part mostly happens once the piece is finished. And because they are truly a part of me, some of them have been quite chatty during the creative process. They like to drop little nuggets and nibbles of ideas about themselves. You could say my little gourdlings didn't drop far from the gourd tree! This also explains why I'm often caught walking around sniggering to myself.

I can't imagine life without laughter, giggles, and wee bit of magic. The least I can do is share what brings me so much joy and hopefully it inspires a bit of joy for you too.