I seem to be spending most of my mental time in 16th century Japan lately...the fictional and real...LOL. I looked up the spelling for Knitting in Japanese the other day...keami...it’s spelled with two kanji (chinese style characters) and a regular character. The middle one, which is the “core” meaning in this case, means things like knitting, twisting, braiding and compilation, editing, completed written work, completed poem... I always used the Knitting thing as a pun, referring to the twising of words as well as yarn...but it’s even more meaningful in Japanese...LOL. Couldn’t have done that on so well on purpose if I wanted to.
No wonder my mind is finding a strange creative home there...
And the Dragonflies’ Lair threads are one place I always feel at home, no matter how crazy it gets....I just don’t always have something to offer.
And the fiction writing’s going well. I’ve won a number of awards in the fanfiction community for one of my pieces. Somehow or other, I’ve turned into someone that can write romance, historical fiction and mystery. Never knew that I had that in me.
Sometimes, we need the break to be creative. It’s really been good for my mental health.
Knitting,
the human mind is more creative then many believe. Sadly too few ever try to see what their capable of! I’d like to read your stories, how do I go about that?
I think the 16th century Japan is very good to you and for you. Your muse has led you into a superb place to create.
We are grateful for the lovely work you post. I do know how it is to feel empty with nothing to post.
Thank you, for the most kind words regarding The Lair, it means so much to we poets living here.
We have our moments of crazy in here, it works well with the long times of silence. ;0)
I have not ventured into the land of long fiction writing, I am wondering if I should. Sometimes, I think I cut my work off, too early, too abrupt, that there is more in there -somehow I will not allow myself to go there. Maybe a test for me to overcome. We shall see.
ps the Ballade is already in the Anthology, may I post The Foxes?