Saturday, January 21, 2012

Raising the cauldron to simmer

I have many resolutions for this year.....Of course, the year had a little bit of a rocky start for me, but that's what LUNAR NEW YEAR is for!!!!  So I'm restarting the year on Monday.  This will be the year of the Dragon, which is very exciting for me because I've always loved dragons.  In trying to google some info on what the symbolism and influences will be for a Dragon year, I've found very conflicting vague information.  Generally though, the Dragon is considered one of the luckiest signs in Chinese astrology...so I'm just going to go with that. :)

One of my main resolutions is to be more creative.  I'm working on getting together with friends on this project to help stay motivated.  One of my dearest friends, Carolyn and I are starting another blog as a format to share creative explorations.  She's in France currently so the blog, I think, is the best way for us to do this.  If you'd like to check it out, visit Smaerd Nacirema.

 Also, I'm submerging myself, this year, in the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke.  There's actually a book A Year With Rilke, which has one-a-day bits of his writings.  I find him amazingly nourishing for my soul at this chapter of my life.  In researching more of his work on the web, I found two other writers who actually followed this book in blog form last year.  It was very well done, and although I'm a year behind, I'm going to follow it as I go along my journey.  Check it out!   A Year With Rilke  

And I'll leave it at that for now.  Have a wonderful day! 

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