Touhou Tuesday

Last weekend was the first of advent so that can only mean one thing... Christmas Touhou!



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Drawing - head08

Retreat Diaries - Day 4

I've been hanging out in the drawing room today. It's newly renovated and smells of paint. I like this room's decor, very relaxing. And the help-yourself cafe is just next door. I've started reading children's books, something very comforting about them sometimes.

Drawing room

In one of the exercises in the Vein of Gold you have to writing down things like "Mary is an amazing artist. Mary is the reviver of 21 century art. , etc." and then writing down the feelings (if any) you get. If you feel shame, anger why is that?

When Jane and I have the chats she said something about drawing a circle. Inside the circle I put the things I'm OK with doing (comfort zone). On the out of the circle I put the things I'm not OK with doing (comfort zone). And then I have to work on putting things on the outside inside. Easier said then done.

Help-yourself cafe

My retreat is coming to an end and already the fears of tomorrow are crippling me. When I came back from evening prayer I asked one of the ladies if they had already booked a cab for me for tomorrow. She said no, but "we can book it tomorrow." Of cause we can! Why was I getting so worked up about it?

This week I knitted with... Pens

You know the feeling. You're on a 6 hour plane journey and, for security reasons, you got your needles confiscated. You feel your hands itching to make something. You think that you are going to pass out if you don't do something soon.

WAT DO?

Another new thing I thought up. (at the retreat no less) Every week (or so) I use object you wouldn't think to use for knitting.

This time it's pens.

It's quite fun, but you will get your hands messy. Make sure that you are using those BIC cheapo pens, they don't dry after not having there cap on.

Try not to CO too many stitches or they might fall off.

Touhou Tuesday

Hi again - now for something else. Think Beethoven meets Sakuya's theme and your there. A wall of text can't describe it, so I'm going to shut up now.



Circle : Seaside
Artist : SHI (Seaside)
Album : the Wind - Touhou PianoSolo Arrange Project (2010.10.11)
Title : Chained Time

Drawing - Molly

And colour!





And here it is in it's finished glory. (click it for bigger)

Retreat Diaries - Day 3

My favourite room is Living Room 2. It has everything I need: sofas that eat you with cuddles, a clear view of the where the sheep roam, heating and, of cause, books. Every time I enter this room I smile because it is so warm. I bring my knitting here and I'm at that for hours.

SHEEP!

Today I went for a walk to the closest village. Didn't take me very long. walked past at lest 3 mad dogs. Jane said that there is a little stream in the village. Didn't find it. But there is a little post office. Didn't see a co-op so I wonder how the old folk who can't drive eat?

out and about

In The Vein of Gold it says that I have to write Morning Pages: write whatever comes to mind the second I get up on 3 A4 pages. It quite hard, but when I feel I have nothing to write I write just that in till something, anything, comes to me.

This was the only day out of all the days I went where it didn't rain.