Monday, June 04, 2018

Happiness Is--What Might Have Been


I loved Ceramics class back in the days when I was in college.  Turning the lump of wet clay into something.  I never really tried hard enough.  What was going on in my head prevented me from actually doing much of anything.  Depression is vengeful.  I slept entire days.  Missing classes. Even forgetting what classes I was taking.

I even dream of making bowls.  It's one of my favorite dreams.

When I saw this image on ArtPropelled I stopped.......and my mind wandered to "what could have been".   If I had been treated or medicated.  But I don't think doctors did that then.  In the 60's.  I think they locked people up in the mental hospitals that were later closed by Reagan.

And--none of that has anything to do with Happiness.

So, it's dark, cold and raining here in Maine even though the weather map doesn't show rain over us.  Riley and G have bundled up and gone for their walk.  I went out early to the post office and library and ....right now I think I need my sweater and some socks.  

I'm going to read--sew--read---sew.  And that's my day.

5 comments:

DianeN said...

It's never too late. If you dream of making bowld, why don't you give it a go?

Joanne S said...

I've thought about it but have never found a place that offers classes. Our state is small (only 1.2 million people) and schools limit the arts budgets.

Dakotah said...

Some of us are late bloomers. I wish I had skipped college and done something fun with my time and money.
Read...sew all day sounds great to me.

grace Forrest~Maestas said...

we were just talking about needing clay....just this same day....

very possibly at your library
Paulus Berensohn's book....Finding One's Way With Clay

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