I created something...

Practicing creativity, no matter how well or how badly

is what keeps me alive.

It is why my heart beats, why my soul grows

and it is my way of making life bearable.

I sing off key with head phones on.

I dance dreadfully in the studio with no one watching.

I write using horrendous grammar and atrocious spelling

(even MS WORD is baffled!)

For every “good” picture I draw or paint,

for every mask or figure I sculpt

there are at least 15 that are embarrassingly bad!

Good or bad, at the end of the day, I can say

I created something...I lived!

More than a daughter, woman, wife, mother, sister, or friend

I am a creative.

"You Might Die Trying"  Dave Matthews Band

If your give, then you begin to get the world"