This is a sign I keep on the counter when my dishwasher is on. The dishwasher is so quiet, we have often opened it when it is in mid cycle. I can never seem to get it back on track when this happens so I made a sign to let everyone know when "not to open." I am becoming more comfortable with my own inner cycles and the times when I should not open. Sometimes ideas and insights are meant to share and sometimes they are not. When I share my inner promptings without discretion, I can actually feel the energy of the insight dissipate into thin air. And I can never seem to get that creative inkling back. Just like the bubbles we used to blow into the summer evenings, they disappear like magic right before my eyes. I wonder how many ideas lost their chance for expression through my compulsive need to share and connect. Ideas and projects need time to incubate and grow. They need nurturing and support. When the time is right, their birth will be that much more complete and rewarding. Now if I can only keep my mouth shut. Practice, practice, practice.
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January 17, 2009
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I so identify with this...I sometimes talk away some potential ideas instead of letting them gestate underground in silence.
Posted by: nikki hardin | January 17, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Wow - I found your blog somehow through a long convoluted series of clicks ;} and am loving your creativity. I wish I could create enough time (or stop diverting myself) to be able to create like you do. Keep up the good work!!
Posted by: Jen | January 18, 2009 at 01:03 AM
I understand this completely! I've done the exact same thing more timmes than I can count. I love the idea of a do not open sign.
Posted by: tina | January 18, 2009 at 10:26 AM
wow, so many times i feel this way too...i always wonder why it is i can see it after the fact and am so unaware inside of that moment when i end up wishing i had remained silent...
but i keep trying and practicing...and trying again...
Posted by: joanne | January 18, 2009 at 12:53 PM
wow, so many times i feel this way too...i always wonder why it is i can see it after the fact and am so unaware inside of that moment when i end up wishing i had remained silent...
but i keep trying and practicing...and trying again...
Posted by: joanne | January 18, 2009 at 12:53 PM
What a great way to bring art into life!
Posted by: Seth | January 18, 2009 at 06:49 PM
that's the best looking sign for a dishwasher that i've ever seen!!!!!
i so often open my mouth to share all of my thoughts or ideas.......and so often, i wish that i had not! i am learning to keep things to myself and
although it has gotten better over time with effort, it still happens, and i am reminded today that this is something to continue working on!
thanks once again for sharing. i can always relate.
xo
kim
Posted by: kim beller | January 19, 2009 at 12:45 PM
I love your sign and thoughts on idea's. Sometimes it is time to open up and sometimes not. Like creativity, and love. Thank you for sharing this! Roxanne
Posted by: rivergardenstudio | January 26, 2009 at 07:11 PM