New Years Eve
Every holiday season, as the year closes, reflection is imminent. It is time to ponder the events of the preceding year and goals for the new one. The way one rings in the new year has always been symbolic for me on how the rest of the year will direct itself. I have spent New Years with family in Philadelphia churches, with friends in the streets of Cleveland, clubbing in the Philippines, relaxing in the waters of Hawaii, tightly squeezed in Times Square, and with crushes in California. Never had I even thought I would spend it alone. Three New Years in a row not spent with my fiance. Is it a sign that our relationship is doomed? Or I will be friend-less? Yet, maybe I can reclaim this night. I would avoid the phone calls, texts, and emails from loved ones (it is too hard to hear people celebrating in groups, when I am solitude with only dogs as company). I am going to harness this loneliness towards creativity and this is where this blog is born. After reading about the new book "The happiness project" and a friend commenting on her 2009 reflection collage, why not combine both? I have problems with fully committing to anything. But I vow I will commit to this blog and my daily collage. As a form of recycling, my collages will be placed on all things that come in the mail...cards, envelopes, bills. These monotonous pieces of trash will transform into beloved art expressing my emotions and thoughts. Recycled Creativity.
