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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Everyday Canvas
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
David Whyte
This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
September 12, 2014 at 1:23pm September 12, 2014 at 1:23pm
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Some of life’s small successes come in sly increments, only asking for minimal effort and just showing up, which means our hobbies. The way I see this, they are other than our vocations, compulsory tasks, or lifelong addictions.
At the moment, I don’t have very many hobbies. It doesn’t mean I didn’t have them in the past, though.
In the past, I used to raise organic veggies and flowers and loved playing with the dirt. I also bowled and played tennis. I used to run some, but now, I can do none of those things. Darn old age!
Again in the past, I used to paint. I have a thing for art. This started as a hobby; then it became way too serious. I ended up being part of a group to rent a studio and attending shows. When the group wanted to take the show on the road, I left them and didn’t paint ever since. It was great and I still miss it, but it took too much from my family life, and family life is the most important thing to me.
Also, in the past, I used to sew a lot, not just clothes but soft toys for kids and curtains and pillow covers for the house. Nowadays, I only mend things and only if it is absolutely necessary.
As for now, if trying to catch the full moon in my camera and some interesting sunsets so I can post them on FB is a hobby, then there’s one. I like to take photos of interesting things, family members, even a nicely put together restaurant dish, too.
Another one could be standing under the rain or watching the rain fall in the pool or on the grass and trees outside. I also like the beach and watching the ocean in its many forms. I feel like I’m praying when I watch nature like that.
I don’t know if my interest in music, reading and writing can be called hobbies, as they have been more than that. Reading, ever since I was three and a half, and writing, ever since I was eight, have been integral parts of my life. With these goes people watching, but all these are more than hobbies.
A list of hobbies I would probably enjoy
1. Drama—I might try acting
2. Digital Arts
3. Crochet and knitting
4. Origami
5. Quilting
6. Scrapbooking
7. FB Games—I once was doing them but I left them cold turkey because they took too much time.
8. Watching movies
9. Yoga
10. Astronomy
11. Gardening to a small degree
12. Photography
13. Collecting vintage books and first editions
14. Seashell and seaglass collecting
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Prompt: Tell me about your favorite hobbies? Why do you do them? Could you teach someone else how to do them?
Don't forget your list!
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