Discovering what you love to do

There is no greater joy then to find you purpose or passion, you know the thing that makes your heart sing when you think of it.  Of course you love your family and you love, love, love your children and spouse, but this is not the same, its the thing that is special just to you.  I've always had an issue corralling in my artistic expression, I've dabbled in just about anything, but what I've discovered that there are a few things that make me giggle inside and act like a 7 year.  The first is pyrography (just a fancy way of saying woodburning). In a word,  I LOVE IT!  I find myself looking at wood in an almost obscene way, wondering how my wood pen would flow over it and the smell of burning wood just takes me to a comfy cozy place.   While woodburning is a great love of mine, I can't neglect the others, making slide shows, resin jewelry, macro-photography and most recently sewing.  Yes, I will "dabble" in some other things (I have a mini kiln I'm just waiting to fire up) but for now, these are the things that occupy my waking artistic moments.   


 A friend once told me that I had "too many hobbies" and that I needed to narrow them down.  This friend is not an artist, she's very practical and matter of fact and I know that she didn't understand how an artist thinks, so I forgave her and ignored what she said.  A TRUE artist, in my humble opinion, has no boundaries when it comes to creating, to do so would only stifle the very spirit of creativity.  So, I will continue to dabble around, finding new "loves" along the way and seeing what beautiful things come from my cluttered mine and worktable.