Yet Another Perspective
The decision to begin sculpting began with the decision to explore the intuitive.
At this point in the writing process I note that my rational thinking is telling me, “The story telling, transcribing, will take a long time…so you shouldn’t be starting it. Stop now. You should be doing productive stuff, producing something. This story telling isn’t reasonable, isn’t practical, isn’t useful.” I listen to the thinking, there is some anxiety…Maybe I’m not being balanced in my life. No, I disagree…I think…rather, I feel that I am dealing with something very significant. It somehow feels like an appropriate thing to do, to describe the events of the journey.
I had an impulse to do sculpture; I do not remember the precise circumstances. I didn’t recognize the significance of that moment (or I would have written it down). There were significant bills to take care of so doing sculpture did not appear to be reasonable, practical. However, I chose to do sculpture as I suspected that it may have been initiated as an intuitive feeling. Remember, I had made a decision to honor the intuitive.
As I think back on this decision, I chuckle that I am glad I didn’t get an impulse to cut off my ear.