“I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.”
― Anaïs Nin
Phix's Curiosity: what sparks my interest
Watch this space to see what's sparked my interest this week. A random grab bag of delights!
Lots of things on my mind this week. I can feel the end of summer nearing, and fall coming. A few trees' leaves are starting to change and school is starting soon. I am going back to learn some new things too, I'm taking a class for women entrepreneurs. Something to keep me occupied besides a job search since my current contract is wrapping up, it seems.
Fall is a time of transitions - from the light half of the year to the dark half. From the lazy, hazy summer days back into full busy swing. Also: mushroom season!
Medusa's Garden
When you need every one and everything around you to just stop.
With so many transitions, I've been trying to create space to just allow things to be. To be sad. To look forward with hope and anticipation. But the fact of the matter is, there is no hurrying any of it and the exact time will be when it is and not a moment before.
Ariadne's Yarn: playing with threads
What I'm up to with fiber and possibly how mythology and stories all tie together.
Lately, just playing bobbin chicken as I work through my raw wool. Combing, carding, spinning. I always aim for about a half bobbin of spun wool so that when I ply, it is a full bobbin. Somehow, I always end up over. I've really been cutting it close lately. When a bobbin gets too full, the flyer can no longer wind the yarn onto the bobbin.
Mythic Librarian: the art of arranging a life
Thoughts on ontology and ways to organize a life.
Transitions. How do you organize around the unknown? My current strategy is to create placeholders. Applying for jobs and interviewing is sort of a placeholder until the right connections come through with an opportunity (granted, the placeholders done properly can also aid in the outcome, but not always). Taking the opportunity to learn something new in the opening space. Asking good questions - what would I do if I could do anything? What would I need in place to just do that now?
What do you do in times of transition?