Alright, so I told you in my last post what a creatrix is (at least according to Madame Creatrix's Complete English Dictionary - 1st edition). But why is it significant to me?
I am fascinated by creativity, creations and those who are able to create. Artists, photographers, poets, quilters, knitters, authors, chefs, woodworkers, you name it - anyone who creates something unique and of themselves interests me. I dabble in many "creative" pursuits - quilting, knitting, scrapbooking, cooking, gardening (and now woodturning has caught my attention) - but so far, I've only completed projects that were designed by someone else. Call it the "paint by number" approach to creation. Someday, I'm going to take that first step toward creating something original, something new, something ME. It's not that I don't have ideas - I have plenty of those. A family tree quilt, a geological history of Torch Lake quilt, a Hawaiian sunrise quilt...the list goes on. I just lack two important elements of creation - time and confidence. My hope is that by the time I have the time to focus on my creative pursuits, my confidence will be there, too.
Meanwhile, my two independent creations are keeping me busy - the Stinkerpootis and the Nutta. Motherhood (especially pregnancy) is the epitome of creation. I loved being pregnant - I was building a person!!! I was fascinated by the complexity of what I was doing while I was pregnant. I used to chide my friends in IT that they took years to build new systems, software, hardware, etc. - but that I could build a whole person in just nine months! While post-birth mothering isn't as hit-you-over-the-head person creating (no more kidney building going on), mothers still get to be the primary influence in the creation of a child's character. Given the importance of character these days, I think that's pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself.
So that's it. That's why I named my blog Madame Creatrix. Well, it's why I wanted to name it Creatrix. Madame Creatrix came about when I found out that other people had already snagged the URLs creatrix.blogspot.com and thecreatrix.blogspot.com. I considered MommaCreatrix and LaCreatrix, but I thought Madame Creatrix sounded more sophisticated. Based on my husband's original reaction to the name, I may live to regret that decision. We'll see...maybe not everyone has as dirty a mind as he has...
2 comments:
Hey! Thanks for stopping by...and for the info on the lilies. I happened upon a sale at home depot in the off season once where all their spring bulbs were fifty cents a pack and I BOUGHT THEM OUT. So of course, I know little about them other than that I can't tell the difference between the oriental and the asiatc and apparently the days. LOL.
From now on, I'll refer to them as the expensive days and the cheap days. And all those other's that fall over. So as not to appear stupid. Which I have too much trouble with as it is.
I'm a wanna-be creator also. Mostly I create with words, but I love to do it with fabric and yarn and stickers and photos and paint and plants among other things when I can find the time.
Nice meetin' ya.
Madame,
In case you don't happen back to my comments to read this, I'm posting my answers here.
You just comment on your own post and assuming I subscribe to the feed or whatever, I'd get it. But this works too.
No offense on the lilies. Self-deprecation is my code of honor. For good or ill.
And, yes, as IM said, Eldest is adopted. Adoption is one of my favorite topics and have many opinions if not insights.
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