How do you feel when you are starting a new project? You think you have everything in front of you, but often because you are just starting, you are overwhelmed and it feels like it won't work out. You convince yourself to wait. The Moving Pieces are a mystery.
Once we get going, we discover that we don't have the password, or are missing a part (it could even be an ingredient). Sometimes we need a new connecting piece and have to get in the car and head to Staples or Michaels or the hardware store.
The very act of stopping can throw us off-kilter. It's hard to get our momentum back, maybe we'll just do it tomorrow instead, there are more urgent things to get done, maybe we'll just watch one more YouTube to be sure we've got it right. Maybe we'll sit on our sofa and climb under a blanket.
Moving Pieces though belong together. The pieces may lay in our cupboards, our counters our hide-away places. If we're stubborn enough, we can leave them there for years!
But eventually...
We decide to gather all the parts together, we research what needs to be done, we ask our favourite expert (an uncle, google or a book we've hidden away) for help. Rarely does it come together on a first try, and often our efforts need more practise.
These pieces of mine have been floating in my head for a long time. I pretended that the Moving Pieces could lie dormant and maybe I would do different projects entirely. Because this one scared me! (There are so many ways we can fool ourselves.)
and then I questioned myself.
What a crazy idea.
I'm not creative enough.
I can't do this.
What if..it's a disaster, stupid, ugly.
What if I fail?
But these Moving Pieces intrigued me, they called to me, they wanted to be put together. (Tweet This)
So here they are.
My first attempt at a painting I did some years ago.
and all my Moving Pieces.
Let's see what they can do together!
We all have ideas that we've put aside. Tell me about your experience with Moving Pieces. (Tweet This)
Once we get going, we discover that we don't have the password, or are missing a part (it could even be an ingredient). Sometimes we need a new connecting piece and have to get in the car and head to Staples or Michaels or the hardware store.
The very act of stopping can throw us off-kilter. It's hard to get our momentum back, maybe we'll just do it tomorrow instead, there are more urgent things to get done, maybe we'll just watch one more YouTube to be sure we've got it right. Maybe we'll sit on our sofa and climb under a blanket.
Moving Pieces though belong together. The pieces may lay in our cupboards, our counters our hide-away places. If we're stubborn enough, we can leave them there for years!
But eventually...
We decide to gather all the parts together, we research what needs to be done, we ask our favourite expert (an uncle, google or a book we've hidden away) for help. Rarely does it come together on a first try, and often our efforts need more practise.
These pieces of mine have been floating in my head for a long time. I pretended that the Moving Pieces could lie dormant and maybe I would do different projects entirely. Because this one scared me! (There are so many ways we can fool ourselves.)
and then I questioned myself.
What a crazy idea.
I'm not creative enough.
I can't do this.
What if..it's a disaster, stupid, ugly.
What if I fail?
But these Moving Pieces intrigued me, they called to me, they wanted to be put together. (Tweet This)
So here they are.
My first attempt at a painting I did some years ago.
and all my Moving Pieces.
Let's see what they can do together!
We all have ideas that we've put aside. Tell me about your experience with Moving Pieces. (Tweet This)
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