Sharpening Crayons & Untangling Thoughts

You know that feeling when you actually have things to do and then decide that it is exactly the right moment to sharpen some random crayons. Well yeah, that is meee. Not figuratively, I mean literally. While our Serbian Orthodox Slava was being prepared for days, I was having these little outings of mine, slightly silly but fun and relaxing for me.

I meaan, obviously no one would ever come and ask to check whether the crayons are nicely sharpened in a pencil case somewhere deep in a drawer, buuut what if they did, hmm? In some parallel universe where guests arrive and the first thing they ask from the door is to check something like that. It would be kinda strange but cool if that existed. And like, you never know what they might ask for, so everything has to be in its place.

I knooow, I know, apparently these days it is called OCD, but no, I am not that kind of clean freak, trust me. I am just a bit goofy from time to time and I love, really love, giving myself permission to let my inner child out. 🥰

So I threw myself into the task I had assigned to myself, more determined than ever to do it perfectly. And the crayooons, never worse, hihi. Absolutely ideal for the true art of how to properly waste time. And so I was sharpening but the crayon's heart breaks, again, it breaks again, until I had shortened them to halves or thirds, I did not stop. I am telling you, I am at my most persistent when it comes to some kind of nonsense like this. xD My hand started to hurt, a blister popped up on my index finger instantly, buuut I did it. I sharpened every single one and made a whole pile of this creative chaos around me from the leftovers. And of course, all of that served me for photographing... would I really throw it in the trash before presenting at least a few, (read: nine) photos of the mess I made here for you? Of course I would not be that selfish. 🤣

In silly things like this lies the beauty of every kind of art, right? We do not all have to be ultra talented or work by some strict rules, that actually goes against art, does it not? I do not consider myself a real creative. It is more like occasional bursts of inspiration twice in the year and then a good amount of dedication to make whatever I started turn into something at least okay to look at. It does not have to be wow, it does not have to be breathtaking, just average, okay. ☺️

I know that many of you probably will not agree, that is just my opinion....I think that this very opinion has also held me back a little in making progress in certain kinds of work, buuut I guess we are born that way, with a certain character that we more or less modify, yet keep circling around the same thing. I am kind of a jack of all trades, interested in everything, but only a bit, up to a certain point. How would you describe yourself and yours interests? Feel free to leave a comment so we can talk a bit more about it. Think it's nice theme for every part of the day. Good afternoon! 🥰