Creative Legacy

What are we doing with all that we create?  Lately I have been thinking more about my legacy: what gets passed down, what stories are shared.  This past weekend while I was at the Kentucky Craft Market selling my shibori dyed and FeltOOM  felted  wearables, I attend a KCHEA workshop.

Kentucky Craft History & Education Association
presents

CRAFT HISTORY: Preserving Your Personal Legacy

Have you ever wondered what might become of your
craft legacy or that of a family member?

 On Pondering My Creative Legacy

Create that which comes from nothing

from deep within

that which you have made manifest

and shared

thus the beginning of your legacy

that which you will pass down

the past in your present

which will become your children’s

all children’s

inheritance, heritage

the history/herstory which they will cull from

dig into, rummage through,

to gain insight of where they came from

in order to begin their journey

draw their map

carry on your wisdom

put it into their own experiences

in order for their personal wisdom

to sift and filter into materials they will gather

and create from

to begin the creation of their own legacy claim.

In order to know and better understand our creative legacy

we must know why we create in the first place 

for whom we are creating

this why can be uncovered in our stories

the stories we remember from the first time we shared

the first letter we received

the first poem we wrote

our earliest autobiography

perhaps from an elementary school assignment

our first interview,

our first biography

If these were not saved begin a legacy recall writing notebook

where the memories of  past creations will be uncovered and collected

In your early legacy recall writing  notebook start with your earliest memories of the things your created

If you have a box of memories gather together the pieces most related to your creative self, accomplishments, spiritually, academically and professionally  (March 11, 2015)