Posted by Hello loves
Last month, I wrote about my journal scroll project helping me to be in the present and to hold myself accountable as I have committed to creating it for the year. I also wrote that I would give myself grace for any difficult times ahead, when I might find this commitment difficult somehow. I found February tricky, however I still managed to recognise and mark some moments of joy, translating them into fabric and thread.
March has been harder still, and feelings of anxiety, fear, low self-worth and loneliness have deepened. I launched my new shop here on my website and I felt proud of myself for working really hard on it. And although I have really struggled to find joy this month, I did continue stitching.
My creativity prevails despite my mental health being shaky and indeed I believe it gets me through. It is what I know how to do, I am never short of ideas and I think I have found a real talent in dreaming up sweet botanicals. So this March I stitched myself a meadow, a row of imagined botanical joy…
So maybe the moral of March’s story is that creativity enables us to channel the beauty inside of us, even when we can’t see or feel it. The act of creating something, bringing beauty and light from within to without, tells us that it is not all darkness. When I see my work, I see hope, joy and a spark of determination reflected back at me.
Thanks for reading.
With love and warmth always,
Lu xxxxx
