{"id":530,"date":"2011-10-23T21:41:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T04:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/amusingamma\/?p=530"},"modified":"2011-10-23T21:41:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T04:41:29","slug":"creating-creative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/amusingamma\/2011\/10\/creating-creative\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating, Creative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>I am posting my 50th blog. I never imagined that I would be a blogger, let alone one who tried to \u201cgather the pieces of my life under the eye of the Holy.\u201d But here I am\u2013writing, creating, and sharing with a larger world, much of which is unknown to me. The endeavor has meant that I have needed to look first inward at my life, and ask myself where the Spirit is moving in me this week. Some weeks this is clearer than in others.<\/p>\n

I have also needed to look outward at what is happening in the world. The closeness with which we all keep connected means that even in my most solitary moments, I am not unlinked from all those in the world who are also gathering pieces of their own lives under the eye of the Holy. What hurts another, hurts me, even when it is far, far way. What delights me is someone else\u2019s joy as well.<\/p>\n

I have been challenged to look upward to where Wisdom dwells. Scripture, tradition, poetry, music and art all are intimations of the Spirit, pointing my vision and senses to see with fresh eyes, hear with open hears and receive insight with an open heart. Although this blog has not been an academic exercise, it has given me an opportunity both to deepen my roots and spread my branches.<\/p>\n

Maybe the greatest freedom has come in letting myself the rhythms and tempo of the Creative Spirit in me. My granddaughter, nicknamed \u201cPaintalicious\u201d this week at her school, gives me some much needed instruction:<\/p>\n