Creative Action: Days 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17

Okay!  Finally a minute to share my doings of the last few days.

Saturday, January 28th 

I went to my friends house and enjoyed participating in a talent show!  My friend, her boyfriend and I starred in my original skit entitled, The Ballad of Screamie and Joe-Bob.  This genius mini play in 3 scenes and a reprise was a story about my character Screamie Sage Bush and her very naughty kitty, Joe-Bob Cat.  I wrote it when I was living in Eugene, OR and was participating in theater workshops hosted by No Shame! Eugene.  I never got to see it performed there, so it was very satisfying to have it performed on Saturday!

Here's the synopsis: Screamie finds Joe-Bob tearing up her double wide and listening to goth music (or in her words, godforsaken music of the Devil).  She quickly switches the radio to her country station and hears an advert on the radio for the Cat Whisperer, a reality TV show that is seeking participants in her area!  Screamie immediately calls and is selected to be on the show.
A few weeks later we see Screamie and Lovely Lita Lo, aka the Cat Whisperer and Joe-Bob in front of her double wide.  Lita interviews Screamie and then asks her to leave so that she can get a one on one read with Joe-Bob.  Joe-Bob indicates that he feels caged and wants a new home, but Lita is concerned that his circumstances may not be better elsewhere and so suggests improving his current situation instead.  She offers Joe-Bob two different medications that will help him cope with Screamie and her Elvis loving ways.  The first is prozac and the second is medical marijuana.  Joe-Bob immediately chooses the pot because of it's immediate effects.
Next we see Joe-Bob in the trailer smoking a joint and listening to jazz.  Screamie enters and is deeply chagrined.  Jazz is no better than goth in her opinion.  She attempts to change the music, but Joe-Bob successfully convinces Screamie to partake of the medical marijuana and she quickly relaxes.  Joe-Bob and Screamie begin to cuddle and listen to the music, which as Screamie now says is, not so bad.
At the reprise, we see Screamie and Joe-Bob laying on the floor surrounded by empty food containers.  Now reggae is playing.  They have obviously had way too much pot, in fact, they have finished off Joe-Bob's entire six month supply.  Pathetic though they are, they seem to be getting along better and Screamie closes the scene by declaring, Jah love, kitty, Jah love. 

Sunday, January 29th

I had the great fortune of returning to a favorite activity, ecstatic dance, more particularly, Sacred Circle Dance.  I saw many old familiar faces, met up with a friend from Eugene, and ran into some other friends whilst there.  The joy amongst the dancers was palpable and the DJ served up a very nice musical mix.  It's not very often that I find myself in a place where people are truly letting loose and enjoying themselves (especially without drugs and/or alcohol) and that's what I generally find at this dance event.  Not only that, it's a family friendly atmosphere where little kids weave around adults who are engaged in hypnotic rhythms and sweaty salutations.  It's a safe space to move, watch, and just be.  What a gift to my body, my heart and my spirit!

Monday, January 30th

I confess that I didn't really do anything creative on Monday.  I was tired most of the early part of the day and when I finally got myself going, I had to head to my little tutoring job and then pick up my baby daddy at the bus station.  To be fair, I did have to employ a fair bit of creativity in my tutoring job in order to get the kids to focus.

Tuesday, January 31st

With my baby daddy in town for my first (most likely only) ultrasound, I was distracted with having a fun and healing day with him, so again, not a lot of creative work was done.  I have to say, however, that seeing my baby on the monitor was so cool and very inspiring!  Seeing her little face, fingers, toes, heart and all that cool stuff is just raw material and increased motivation for me to spend more time working on fun creative projects that will benefit her.

Wednesday, February 1st

I worked on a picture, which I'll post once I can get a digital image of it.

Thursday, February 2nd

I completed the picture from Wednesday and drew another one.  I will also post that one once I get an image of it.

So, there it is!  The update.  I hope that I'll do better to keep up from now on!