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Effective Channeling

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March 2011 and I’m writing another post finally. I’ve been so focused on getting certain things done that I hardly had any time to write. Well, I chose not to since I’m trying to channel my energy in a more effective way. Getting there slowly though, hence the new post. There’s too many distractions still that I need to get rid off! Like people who won’t take ‘no’ for an answer and who keep nagging me. Don’t get me wrong, they can be nice but they are the kind of people who can drain all your goodwill if you’re not careful. The kind that does not respect your boundaries whenever you set them.

I mentioned deleting ‘friends‘ on FB in my previous post and how I was expecting an email reaction. Well I got it and another one about an hour ago from the same person. I’ve had really bad RSI along with bursitis *no good!* and I told this person that I didn’t want an endless email discussion because of the pain and yet… *wink* My boundaries are yet to be respected. The Dutch have a special word for that, it’s called ‘hardleers’ or obstinate. I’m now trying to hold back and not reply straightaway but instead wait till tomorrow evening. I can tell that I’m struggling to suppress the urge.

That’s what I’m like, I instantly need to get it out of my way and out of my system. I wonder why I feel I ‘have‘ to do this, coz really… I don’t (!!!). See what I mean? So we’re back to where we started: effective channeling of energy and this person is taking more than I’m willing to give. I think it’s going to be another lesson in being assertive but this time with a more persuasive and firm tone and no more than 30 words. The next will be reduced to two words only… *wink* (if there will be a next time). So let me write down what happened in the meantime and what I’ve been doing…

Ever since my previous post I’ve been actively working on my creative idea. I’ve done research and learnt lots by reading business forums: threads that are related to my subject: jewellery. I’ve come up with a unique idea and working on this has been utterly rewarding so far. I’ve been networking a lot and met new people who are enthusiastic and willing to help. I bought a book about online marketing *who would’ve thought*. Not the boring kind but a really interesting book that focuses on many of my questions. I’ve only just started though and I realise it’s going to take more hard work!

Of course there were some setbacks, it wouldn’t be good if there weren’t any. But it helped me change my ways and look for other options and solutions to get closer to my goal. Some sweet friends helped me and have sent me some items that I needed for my idea, all the way from Malta. It’s heartwarming! It feels wonderful to have that kind of support and I can’t even tell them yet what I’ll be using it for so I really really appreciate the gesture and their belief in me! This goat is on a rocky but interesting path and slowly climbing the mountain step by step. All I need now is tad more patience…

Lawrence Jordan

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Over the weekend I watched the last part of a documentary about *Lawrence Jordan (Moments of Illumination) on a Buddhist channel, his creative mind was intriguing and while I had been zapping, looking for something interesting to watch, I got stuck on this channel. It was perfect timing… He was telling about how he bought a picture book with the last bit of money that he had and how this book changed his entire life.

Lawrence Jordan makes animation films by cutting images by hand, he then places these on a background: a collage of many different pictures that he moves around filming frame by frame. The images he uses are really cool and the technique is amazingly time-consuming so extreme patience is needed. I loved the documentary and have been glued to the telly all thru the show, being totally immersed by it for hours afterwards.

His creativity is truly inspiring and his life story had a profound impact on me as I am struggling with finding new goals in life and wanting to know where things are heading. Thinking too much about certain issues can easily drag me down again whilst I’m trying to keep my spirit as lifted as possible these days (which is hard at times, trust me!). But watching this documentary made my creativity all go bouncy and wishing to create.

‘A maverick spirit in the world of avant-garde American cinema, Lawrence Jordan played an important role in the late 1950s/early 1960s San Francisco art scene. Jordan has made over seventy experimental films, including a number of fanciful, filmic animations made from collaged cut outs of Victorian engravings. The animations extend dreamlike imagery of collaged landscape into a cinematic realm of transformation and free form symbolism.’

Jordan seeks to delve into the deep structures and Jungian connotations of the mythological images his films reference. His alchemical approach to imagery creates what he has called the’theater of the mind, which you construct. That is the Underworld… the realm of the imagination. You have to have a place to work with images.’ Source to visit: Lawrence Jordan

*Lawrence Jordan is an independent filmmaker who has been working in the Bay Area in California since 1955, and making films since 1952. He has produced some 40 experimental and animation films, and three feature-length dramatic films. He is most widely known for his animated collage films. In 1970 he received a Guggenheim award to make Sacred Art Of Tibet. His animation has shown by invitation at the Cannes Film Festival.