When the mind whirs. These below are insights into how thought processes develop. At times? A lightbulb moment of ‘Yes…possible’. At other times? Gray….you’re crazy Man. You ain’t got the skills’.
The latter utterance? It just provides a challenge in all honesty and determination starts to rear its head.
So…….thoughts.
These little weird and naive doodles of mine, the Ragged Angel and LeFarh and future others, if they get better, could maybe be used for a song’s lyrics, each image appropriate for the song theme. Or song titles, etc. Or even general CD cover inclusions. Could also be used as stills or moving imagery for inclusions for videos.
It would be nice to get at this song below again with some type of storyboard of ‘movingstaggered motion’ doodle inclusions. Not the simplicity of a singular black and white photograph of the Visitors Centre on the Ynyslas Dunes. I could put imagery on top of a photograph maybe and bring an air of oddity into creating a juxtaposition of layers.
How?
Still thinking……but it may be an idea to take still photographs of various stages of an image, like the ‘Ragged Angel’ idea, until complete. Or get a moving, ever changing background of, for example, some intense weather changes. Maybe a few angels can be drawn having bowed heads and forlorn expressions to go on to upright confident outlooks with brighter days imagery. How do you get ‘cartoon’ picture movement? Maybe use pencil, rub out specific parts and redraw the stance? Who knows!
A journey of learning begins!
This below too, ‘There She Goes’, could have a singular story in completion. A group of or singular conversation exchanges of ‘My friends tell me She’s gone for good’, etc. ‘Walking hand in hand by the sea…..until we, say our goodbyes, touch the sky…..’.
And a huge NO! to using an AI storyboard.
I’m beginning to try to produce some quick little 3 to 5 minute-sketches. Unfortunately I’m not an artist. But it is rather fun to doodle. Hopefully it will be a ‘sit down and try to improve’ experimentation experience. The aim…..just enjoy the act of simply drawing dozens on dozens of little weirdly appropriate pencil images, with inspiration linked to my song lyrics.
You can tap on an image below and it will fill up each and every page.
It would be rather nice if something visually ‘clicked’. Get a Summers’ style of presentation that made the whole drawing process somewhat easier. I like raggedy imagery to be honest. With Autumn rustic colour washes over them? Could work.
Will probably, at first, try enhancing with the Autumnal tree inks below. These below were bought for me by Angie, and seem ideal.
The Green Faerie? Not my artwork.
LeFarh.
Gray Summers 
the autumn rustic colors…i like this.
… and Frail Autumm and your motto have been playing around in my head weaving itself through my words … im
working on it lol …🤭 but not rushing it too – contemplating leaving here 🥴… and if i do leave…it will be my farewell post lol …
still great going, Gray … 🤍
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Hi Destiny. When you say ‘leaving here’, do you mean WordPress? If so, it would be a shame. It is strange, but the whole experience of writing blogs with specific intentions of a massive variety is a very intense activity. You can easily either get to the point of feeling it is important to keep uploading. Or the opposite of uploading with a long time in between. Once a month even.
I have had a fair few blog member friends who have actively exchanged regularly for a number of years and then suddenly stopped their site activity. They keep the blog open, but go away for months to years on end. Some never to return.
I have done the same with sites like Flickr or Pentax photography sites. Also the Earl Bay site with my Volkswagen camper van. I never access those sites now, but had a lot of friendly exchanges sharing advice, etc.
I actually use the WP blog site as a personal place to keep my information in order to simply future access if needs be. Lots of my write ups exist in Draft. It is nice having conversational exchanges too. But it can be very much an off the cuff activity of ‘suddenly think of an idea’ and then write something up.
I am not sure if you work full time, but this can really impact on having time for blog activity too. When I was a nurse I hardly posted. I hardly interacted either. Whatever you decide, it will feel right.
Cheers Destiny. 🙏🏽🍁🍂
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lol, those crossroads –
I teach full-time, and i can’t quite figure as the girls grow if they need my time more or less…🤭😂
my inconsistency here bugs me…😬 and true, it isn’t easy to be here all the time though i really wish it was …i like being here, writing and interacting with you all however brief it may be…🙃
Maybe a changed mind frame will help … like you say – there are people who go off and come back as they please…and almost 4 years into writing that began after the demise of my husband and now i feel like I’ve been literally and figuratively living between the lines…🤣
..and your Frail Autumn tells me maybe i need to live a little again…😋lol…
Thank you, Gray … the ease here at your blog … has made WP an even more pleasant place…🤍🙏🍂
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Good views Destiny. Our daughter and son are now 38 and nearly 40 years old. And yes, they do still need us. Mainly as Grandparents though. There are seven of them to consider. Blogs? I only upload out of having ‘something to fill the day’ at times. Angie, my wife, has her own shop and therefore my social circle is….me. So keeping the mind active all day is one that is calm and reflective.
But, when Angie gives up the shop? The story will be different. You say you teach full time and that in itself deserves applause. Maybe time out from blogging so often is a good thing to find more life balance. And when you do write, it will come with a different aspect born from new experiences. My songwriting is far easier when ideas come from new sources.
Older now, I am thinking more about life qualities. Pulling back from chasing ideas all the time. I loved your write up about your daughter. And, as you mentioned, your role has gone from leading to following. It is a fabulous post. You could sit back and watch or look over what life offers and has offered. Then write about such experiences alongside your poetry. I tend to do that sort of philosophy. Some songs, poems, prose, health topics, journalling, fountain pens, cooking, tea/coffee/wine and whiskey preferences, the VeeDub bus, gardening, DIY and doing up the house, holiday experiences, songwriting and anything that comes to mind.
Your post regarding your daughter was a huge step into alternative topics. And regarding how you started writing after your husband’s demise, is it that you are committed to keep up the intensity of living between the lines on WP because of that memory as to why you started here?
Whatever you choose Destiny, if you keep this account open….the choice of when and what you post is all yours.
Cheers. 🙏🏽🍁🍂
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lol, that sounds scary, Gray … my girls are 13 and 18 – and you say at 38 and 40 they’ll still be needing us …🥴
Ah – but today’s kids chew your brains like its candy lol 🤭…such a different generation to deal with and mould…🤦🏻♀️
I think I’ve written/hidden between those lines so often … even i can’t find myself there sometimes 🤭 … into alternative topics as you say – like the real – but maybe simply said like with my daughters experience.
Writing here was for me – just me finding myself a place to be…an individual identity, and maybe thats why WP and writing is difficult to let go…cos I’m still pretty much here … 🙃…
Life really is simple isn’t it – we just have the tendency to complicate it …😬lol …
…and your thoughts about life qualities – is peace defined for me…lol, we’ll meet up there one day, Gray…😋
…and when Angie gives up her shop – time will be much kinder I’m sure… that something about growing old together…best wishes to you both.🤗
Once again, thank you, Gray … and apologies too…🤭 for taking up so much space in your comments with my stories…lol
🤍🙏🍂
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Don’t ever worry about filling space on my blog site. I enjoy all stories of life. It truly is a privilege to share thoughts and energies. When I was a nurse? It completely changed me as a person. I suppose the role makes people feel safer in a nurse’s presence. They did speak to me often regards their thoughts on life. Being kind has been the number one philosophy in my life. Show kindness and it can give people confidence. So maybe that ‘Be Kind’ philosophy was a good start. 😊
Retirement? I am fast approaching 70 (this September) and Angie is getting close to that age too. So she is now seriously thinking of retiring. Life will then completely change. Strange to imagine the days ahead when she has worked her whole life. Having time to do the songwriting has been awesome. Hope she finds a similar interest. She has a very busy mind!
It is good that you are so keen on continuing writing down your thoughts. It means that you are already considering that old phrase, ‘You never realise you have a good thing….until you let it go’. I kept my blog in the background in my nursing days. As said, hardly wrote anything. When Covid hit, or the every day stresses of actual nursing experiences? Guess what? I wrote a blog. It really helped. I put them all into draft when they ceased to be relevant. I believe I have now binned them. The equivalent of writing your thoughts down on to paper and then crumpling them into a ball and throwing them into an open fire. So keep your blog site open and you can slot into writing whenever you want. At any time.
Children nowadays are surrounded by technology. It is worrying. I often see YouTube videos come up on my site that show memories of childhood back in the days when I was younger. Such simplicities existed. Having lived through days, you find value in a gentler existence. You yourself found it in the seemingly simple, but actually very brave act, of writing inherent feelings. And then sharing. And those feelings expressed actually help others when they recognise parts of themselves in your poems and prose.
There is a wonderful line in David Mitchell’s book Cloud Atlas about meeting yourself coming back. I fashioned my own Mantra saying from it.
‘Sometime, you will travel so far into the story of your life that you will meet yourself coming back’.
I am just starting a new long poem. Calling it ‘Winter Miracles follow the Frailty of Autumn’. Maybe even turn it to prose. I made a little booklet yesterday to write it in. Made very simply in order for it to show fragility as it gets more aged by use. Also, had folded page inserts in the first half of the booklet to keep adding little hidden drawings too. I am just about to write a blog on it with the intention of future editing with update progress. You could do that with one of your own poems Destiny. Make a little booklet and keep adding. Walt Whitman would be proud. 📔🖋️✏️🪶.
Cheers and all the best Destiny. 🙏🏽🍁🍂
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