I can almost feel the heat of the forge in this card and hear the clang of the hammer on the anvil. I feel myself transported: sweat drips from my forehead while my muscles flex and bulge with effort; my ears ring with the sound of the metal being struck, and my nose is filled with the tang of heat, metal and burning coals; my intent is pure and my focus is absolute. Time passes, but I could not say how long it has been that I stand here pounding, tempering, heating, bending, creating.
The fire of enthusiasm burns through me, fanned by the breath of mental focus as I shape my materials gathered from the earth, and tempered by the well of emotion I express through my creations. Although I work alone, I am accompanied by my teachers, by the people who designed the creations I work on, by the clients who commisioned them, and by the people who gathered the materials I use and those who fashioned my tools.
I return to myself with a sense of the wholeness of the experience of crafting something. I am filled with respect for those who can create in this way. Although I honour my own creativity, it is not often a physical thing, and I feel like I miss this whole-body, elemental depth.
What do you do that immerses you in all your senses, all your elemental aspects? How can you feel more connected to your creativity? With whom do you share your passions? In what way are you part of a larger whole?
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