Songwriters Circle

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time this month getting involved in a new project with Andy, The Songwriters Circle. There’s the website  and a Songwriters Circle Facebook page.

I’m doing the January Challenge with the aim of writing one song I’m happy with by the end of the month. There are quite a few songwriters both new and experienced involved and it’s great fun. I’ve never written a song before and it’s fascinating to play with a new way of writing. I’ve been blogging about in the private community area.

I always enjoy working on projects with Andy and have done ever since we did the degree. This one is turning out to be a real treat as I’m  helping to plan the structure of the month, building up the site/community and allowing my creative side out to play actually doing the challenge.Very satisfying and I’m learning lots.

cold full moon dreamboard

In my board I see the clean, dry cold of a crispy morning, frozen rowan berries hiding their promise of life, the flash of a homecoming salmon. And 6 glorious weeks of not teaching! My relief and longing for the quiet calm of a frozen lake, my love of winter. I think it’s a time for taking stock and contemplation of what changes I’ll make in the coming year. A time to let my creativity recover and play.

I have a special love for that rowan berry felt bowl. I once had a coat made from fabric very like that. It was brought from Norway for me as a child and I loved it dearly. Seeing the bowl I could feel the rub of it against my fingers and just for a moment reconnect with that 8 year old who was fascinated by stories of the Sami. So I hope this month my creativity is going to spark and dance like the fires of the Sami on those long dark northern nights.

By the way, I’m not into the whole cosmic ordering stuff. I just see dream boards as a great tool for connecting with my much neglected, often ignored (both by me!) creative side.
You can see other people’s dream boards for this month via Jamie’s Blog