I haven't read either book, but think that I will gift "How to be an Artist" to my dear 80-year-old artist friend. She will love that a "young person" recommended it.
The other book is about "Magical Women", which (full disclosure) I have not read. Since you invited me to share my experiences of grandparenting, I thought that I would share today's journal entry about my witchy granddaughter:
My granddaughter is asleep in my bed. She is an angel. Usually I never have a problem getting her to sleep, but today for the first time she looked at me as we started to rock and said, "mommy" and shed a few tears. She pointed to the picture of her mom that hangs over my dresser. That never happened before that she specifically asked for mommy when she was with me. I went back out into the dining room and offered her milk - that was not it. Then we went over to the picture of her mom and talked about mommy for a minute. I told her that she has the best mommy and I love her mommy, too. Then we settled in for a song and she was sound asleep in five minutes. That got me thinking: the child's mother is my daughter. So how do I feel when she cries for her mom? I am proud that my daughter is a mother, and that her daughter loves her. I think, "Of course you miss your mommy, because she is the best!" On the other hand, if her dad is trying to settle her and she cries for mommy, he might think, "I am also her parent. What am I? Chopped liver?" OK, I'm sure no one under the age of 60 says that, but you know what I mean. He is frustrated that his child is crying for mommy when he is right there. His emotional reaction is much different than my emotional reaction, and babies are little witches who can read our deepest emotions.
Love it! Fierce!
I love the contradictions. Isn't that the juice of life? It's with the contrast we have definition. Life would be boring in all the same tone.
Artists as mother, mother as artist. Creators take many forms. Interesting things to ponder. Thank you.
I will check those books out as well :)
I haven't read either book, but think that I will gift "How to be an Artist" to my dear 80-year-old artist friend. She will love that a "young person" recommended it.
The other book is about "Magical Women", which (full disclosure) I have not read. Since you invited me to share my experiences of grandparenting, I thought that I would share today's journal entry about my witchy granddaughter:
My granddaughter is asleep in my bed. She is an angel. Usually I never have a problem getting her to sleep, but today for the first time she looked at me as we started to rock and said, "mommy" and shed a few tears. She pointed to the picture of her mom that hangs over my dresser. That never happened before that she specifically asked for mommy when she was with me. I went back out into the dining room and offered her milk - that was not it. Then we went over to the picture of her mom and talked about mommy for a minute. I told her that she has the best mommy and I love her mommy, too. Then we settled in for a song and she was sound asleep in five minutes. That got me thinking: the child's mother is my daughter. So how do I feel when she cries for her mom? I am proud that my daughter is a mother, and that her daughter loves her. I think, "Of course you miss your mommy, because she is the best!" On the other hand, if her dad is trying to settle her and she cries for mommy, he might think, "I am also her parent. What am I? Chopped liver?" OK, I'm sure no one under the age of 60 says that, but you know what I mean. He is frustrated that his child is crying for mommy when he is right there. His emotional reaction is much different than my emotional reaction, and babies are little witches who can read our deepest emotions.
I love this anecdote, and I completely agree that kids have a kind of sixth sense thing happening, an awareness for the spiritual plane of existence.
Yes! I wanna know what you think about them.