Freedom

For the past two days, I’ve had a nasty headache, the kind that produces nausea and an ability to move one’s head and as I am increasing (word choice is direct result of reading way too many Regency romances), there’s no remedy except the ever useless Tylenol and alternating heat and ice packs.

Last night was especially excruciating, and I went to bed at eight o'clock to rest somewhere between dream-filled sleep and pain. In one dream, Jon Stewart burst into my bedroom to announce in his bug-eyed stance, "The vampires were coming to fix your head!" and lo and behold, there in the doorway stood Edward Cullen. (This dream is clearly related to the fact that I had watched the charming Jon Stewart-Robert Pattinson interview earlier.). Unfortunately, my husband decided to come to bed at that moment, waking me up and chasing dear Edward away. Alas, I still have the headache.

Hopefully, the head pain will dissipate before the start of The Artist’s Way course I’m attending next week. This course is based on Julia Cameron’s book of the same name, which I’ve read before but could not find the willpower to complete the accompanying work. When I found a local course, I signed up to help better my writing.

Since registering, life has thrown me quite a few jock-powered dodgeballs and I realize that the writing, or the inability to write, is just a small symptom. The course, I think, is instead a tool to learn to live creatively, openly, without fear, without scar tissue. This seems to be a major theme in my life lately. Medical doctors, spiritual advisors of all faiths, non-fictional readings and strangely, all my fictional choices have thumped me over the head with the message to be open and aware. Perhaps E.M Forster says it best in A Room With a View: "On the other side of the eternal "Why?" there is a "Yes and a yes and a yes!" I'll let you know how it goes.

On the Bookshelf: various name your baby books; Diana Gabaldon’s An Echo in the Bone and Patti Smith’s Just Kids.

Eagerly Anticipating: Sunday’s Red Carpet extravaganza.