Understanding

At the HSP meeting yesterday I met another HSS, it was an amazing experience because for once I felt the bubbling energy that comes with this. Not only was it a very forceful bubbling energy but it was a strong sexual one.

The reaction was odd, in that like a magnet I felt a strong sense of competitiveness, to be the most colourful the most vibrant, but I quickly subdued that and decided to make friends. We were friendly, but the strong sense of competition remained.

It has given me a tremendous insight into why I have experienced such difficulties getting along with other women, the vibration is so strong that it is overwhelming, similar to that of having to smell someones perfume - it is forced on you and it is difficult to get away from.

I have learnt quite a few things about my Empathic skills and reducing my vibrations before going into the workplace or small enclosed places, might help me to prevent overwhelming people which can cause them to be resentful and irritated.

I can also use my skills to create a positive nurturing environment around people as I am able to radiate my emotional state to others, (hence the irritation when i am in my heightened excitable state!)

This has been a fascinating experience, hopefully I will meet with this other HSS, and I will discover more. You can easily spot HSS as they always dress more colourfully and love anything novel.

It has also helped me understand why I find bookshops so exciting, as books offer lots of potential experiences, the same goes for all shops really. It was a calming experience going into fabric land understanding that I could control my reaction to the stimulus, that I don't have to grab every opportunity, fabric or object that takes my fancy. It is all about resisting the impulse, something that I should hopefully master in time.

Lables

What a week it has been, it has only been seven days since the Creativity booster session last Saturday, but a huge journey for me.

Over the last few years I have been very restless, after having various friends over to the shed, I quietly realised that the art that I do cannot be done by everyone. Since reading Taking Flight and then painting my portrait I came to realise that my poppy picture wasn't just a fluke, but I can actually paint! With all the encouragement from the group, as well as Jani asking to have two of my paintings, I now wear the badge Artist!

Today has also been momentous, as I went to my first HSP meeting! I prefer the name Empath, but Highly Sensitive Person is what they are also called. Oh the joy of being in a room with people who are able to sense other people's emotions and have a very similar experiences to me. Sometimes it is absolutely unbearable to be in a room with an angry person or someone who is upset. If this rings a bell with you then visit this website which will explain all much better than I can. I was told there is another aspect to this, called Highly Sensitive Sensation Seeker, these are people who are looking for new experiences and can be very impulsive! The penny finally dropped, as it described me! This aspect of my personality often sees me trying to snatch every opportunity because I want to experience it all!

Wool shops, book shops are full of exciting opportunities, that I just get so excited by it all.

The worst aspect of this trait is that I really enjoy connecting with people, I find them immensely interesting, so when I meet someone for the first time and they have an interest in common I just jump in, lets meet up for coffee or lets do this or that....
the difficulty with this is that I can scare people, as they think I am desperate for friendships, when actually I just want to get to know them better. It is sometimes a very strong impulse and I struggle to kerb my enthusiasm, before I scare everyone off.

so I have discovered this week that not only am I an ARTIST but I am an Empath and a HSSS!

Yippee to labels!

What I am reading!

I apologise for the lack of craft at the moment, but I am concentrating on the daily sketch challenge set last Saturday. Here is today's sketch based on some beautiful tulips, a wonderful reminder that Spring is on its way despite the snow!





My new book arrived today, after the great book Taking Flight, I thought I would try this as Amazon recommended it as a partner. It is all about making the most of your life!

It has been a really hectic day, so I have had a little tipple then I am off to the bath with this slotted into my bath book rest!

Sketch book page 2

This is the second in the series of the daily sketch challenge by the creativity booster. I bought these lovely tulips today, it is just a lovely reminder that spring is on its way!

My Threes and fives journal

I don't know if you remember back in November I covered a large A4 diary, well I had a great idea for using it. Laying in my lovely warm bubble bath the other night, (after hearing about a colleague's boiler break down) I felt incredibly grateful for the warm water, warm towels etc, so I decided I would start a diary called threes and fives. Now that sounds a strange name for a diary but bear with me.

I was listening to a programme on the radio, about how time seems to speed up as we get older. When we are children a year seemed such a long time, but when we are adults it just spins by. The presenter said it was all down to new experiences.

New Experiences are the markers in which our brains mark the passing of time, so as a child has lots of new experiences every day, time seems to be made up of lots of markers. Of course when you are an adult the new experiences reduce, hence fewer markers through out our year and therefore it seems to just vanish.


So what is on my list today?

Three things:

Having the time to walk in the snow

Clive's kindness in making sure I am ok, waiting for me at styles to ensure I get over without slipping, walking with me not in front of me.

a lovely cup of hot chocolate and home made shortbread at the end of the walk




My one of five!

We walked a whole new footpath today, and found this lovely house. (I must have walked past it at least fifty times and never noticed it before. It is delightful.


Enjoy the snow!

Patterns in the ice

I find ice patterns stunning, they are such perfect delightful shapes, nature just loves curves.

I took this picture of the ice on our glass garden table, it is simply exquisite, the ice looks like it has decorated the glass top with feather patters all around.

I am looking at patterns at the moment, most of the ones I found have been man made, but nature really does top the bill.

All this was gone in a couple of hours, what a pity.