my creativity has been forsaken for too long

Hello Laura, Rose, Mercy and whoever else is reading this,

First- Greetings to our very first followers! I know Rose may have freaked you out yesterday with a greeting but I wanted to give a greeting too (and probably freak you out again). But seriously. We were texting about you guys. Laura and I were sending texts that sounded kind of like: 'OHMYGOSH!! WE HAVE A FOLLOWER! WE HAVE TWO FOLLOWERS!! WHO ARE THESE AMAZING PEOPLE?! THEY MUST LIKE US IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING US! WELL WE LIKE THEM TOO! THEIR NAMES SOUND FAMOUS!!' it was slightly creepy now that I think about it. But just so you know we didn't mean any harm we were just very excited. Very very very very excited. It was a big day for us. :)

Now for my actual post. Laura, your post was exactly what I needed to hear on Tuesday morning when I read it. Last week wasn't the greatest and then this week started out pretty terribly. I was feeling very depressed for reasons I won't get into but as I talked to my friend about it I realized: I can't change my circumstances, my family, or my school but I can change my attitude towards all these things. And when I read your pots about creating and I realized that my creativity has also been forsaken for awhile so I've been trying to re-amp my creativity and my happiness.

So, to answer your question of how I've been creating:

Reading- I went off on what you said about reading and I compiled a list of books I want to read this school year, it consists of Harry Potter books, Mark Twain, Sir Author Conan Doyle, Corrie ten Boom, Anne Frank and others.

Music- I've been creating playlists of music that inspires me and makes me happy and not depressed. Ingrid Michaelson, Mumford and Sons, Bon Iver, and The Head and the Heart are all amazing artists but if that's all I'm listening to just to depress myself then something is wrong. Now I have playlists of music from Wicked, Mamma Mia, High School Musical, some of my favorite YouTube artists (including Hank Green) and when I listen to them I just want to have a dance party. They're fun.

I've also been making the computer desk space more creative and fun to look at. Before I would just look at the blank wall behind the computer but then I put up a big Van Gogh painting, a Keep Calm and Write On poster and a 'Not all who wander are lost' poster that Rose made me. It's nice.

I've also tried some new recipes for dinner. Nothing exciting, just some turkey meatloaf and a chicken cheesy pasta dish but it's more fun than making things I always do. And I helped the little kids make one of those cookie pizzas instead of a bunch of individual cookies and that was fun.

So I'm not the most creative kid ever, I don't write my own music (though my piano teacher gave me that as a warmup), I'm not willing to share my poetry like Mercy is (yet), and I'm not taking amazing pictures like Laura is but I'm working on seeing things a little differently, a little less on the psychology smart side of things (oh the things school will do to you) and more on the creative side and it's starting to perk me up. Yesterday and today have both been 100x better than Monday and Tuesday and tomorrow I get to see all of you at Lymans and who can't have fun there? So I'll see you all tomorrow and Laura we can't wait to hear from you on Monday <3 Grace

To live a creative life we must lose the fear of being wrong.

-Quote of the moment