AS TIME GOES BY

I am still pondering about Time, and I did find all your comments very interesting, it seems that most of us are feeling this quickening of time.

I have no clock in our bedroom, I will admit that I keep a mobile phone on my bedside table, but no clock. In Winter, the earliest I get up is 7.45 and I have found that my body has taught itself to wake at that time, if I check my mobile it is always the correct time. Even on Sundays when I have a lie in I automatically wake at that time, then turn over and go to sleep again. In Summer, I seem to naturally wake at 7.00. I am lucky that on most days I can go with the times my body wants to wake up. On the other hand, my husband wakes with the light, so his body has a routine that makes him wake earlier and earlier as the year progresses and dawn comes earlier.

I also notice in the Summer if I am out in the garden for a full day, with no time to be seen [I never wear a watch, they drive me mad] I follow the passage of the sun and can always tell you what time it is usually to within the half hour, that always seems to be the correct and natural usage of time.

If I go through a day saying things like well I can do this until such a time then I must do that and if I start preparing the dinner at ........ I always end up feeling harassed and frazzled, but if I just float through the day doing things without regarding time I am always amazed at the end of the day how much I have got done. I definitely think we all need to try to organise some sort of Time Out day, maybe once or twice a month, where we have no schedules but approach the day more as we did as children, you know, a long glowing curve of time in front of us to be filled before it was time for bed again. Just take a moment now to think, can you remember what it was like as a child to wake up in bed in the morning and have that whole day stretching out in front of you? No real plans just letting the day happen. Let's give it a go!

With my thinking on time I have also been thinking about the effects of moon on people. I always say, what phase of the moon were you born under, was it waxing or waning, full, quarter or what? Do you know if you google it you can get a site which will work it out for you. Try it you learn something about yourself. For example, I was born under an almost full moon, and relish the full moon, I have mentioned many times how I love to sleep with the moonlight on my pillow. It is the dark day before the waning moon starts to wax again that I don't like.



I know some people feel lost at times when the moon affects them badly. My theory is this, you might not agree but here goes. Personally, at full moon I am at my peak of creativity, the ideas just fly out of me, I feel I could create anything, I am a happy person, and feel centred, this feeling wanes as does the moon, luckily for me, not drastically, but quite gently, though I know there are people who feel it very badly and end up feeling lost and searching. What I say is that they are not lost and searching, this is how their body tells their mind to slow down, the mind does need a dormant period to revitalise itself. If you can work at what phase of the moon affects you badly, note it down so you know when it is going to happen every month, and be ready for it. Do not push yourself on these days, do not begin big projects, do not dig deep into your inner self, instead cossett your self, give yourself little treats, if possible try to take a few small naps, gently read, take a luxury bath, nuture yourself, until the time passes and you are on the up side again. Do your mindless tasks around the house, at this time, making more free time for when your creativity flows. Try it and see if it works for you.




Thefirst doll photograph above is the doll I made for Gemma, called Healer from the Desert it was a practice we did for the Spirit Art Doll swap we are participating in. You can read more about the doll on Gemma's blog. The next photograph down is a little pixie, Lupin Lad, a felt piece I made for a swap with Artsy Mama. I liked the idea of the cheeky face peeping around the fly agaric mushroom. I also thought he was a good prototype for the Lupin Lad's I want to make this year to go with the Daisy Fae's.