In Mt. Shasta I picked up a Hemi-Sync CD – this one has a modern rendition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons added to it. It is called Seasons at Roberts Mountain. I live with a Robert and he loves mountains, but that’s not why I got this CD. The CD is supposed to have the vibrations for enhanced learning and creativity. Creativity is the core of my spiritual practice, so anything that encourages my creativity is greatly appreciated. So far I’m enjoying the CD. It took me a few minutes to get used to the new age rendition of the Four Seasons. That’s one of my favorite classical pieces, and I’ve never heard it quite like this before. Modernistic, but pleasant. Relaxing. Happy-making. Serene and peaceful. Joyful… and endearing.

Maybe it is working – I’m not having any trouble writing this blog post. The words are tripping over each other in their rush to get out of me. This is my first Hemi-Sync recording, but I’ve used other similar CDs in the past – most notably Dr. Jeffrey Thompson’s Creative Mind System. That has taken me on many mystical journeys into the world of creativity and inspirations.

Creativity is my passion in life. I think it is the most natural thing for spiritual expression in human life. The Creator – the Source – was creative, and from what I’ve heard, we were created in His image. That makes us creative… and obviously, we certainly are just that. As creative beings we are doing the Will of the Creator to carry on this work in the human realm. I feel closer to God when I’m creating than at any other time. It is wonderful to sit and appreciate the beauty here on earth, but at some point we need to take that one step further by contributing to that beauty.

The philosophy of ascetics has always attracted me. In my creative pursuits I’ve wanted to promote beauty, and not just shock value. I recently read a book , a memoir about a pair of artists with severe personal issues, who managed to be highly creative but in a way that was shocking and not exactly beautiful to the average person. I am not one to be judgmental, but I wondered why not create beauty instead? Beauty elevates the souls of those who hear the music, watch the movie, see the photography or painting… and elevation of soul in conjunction with eternal spirit is what I aim for. Why else would we be here to create and share our creations?

Anyhow, Hemi-Sync! Awesome… very helpful. I recommend it.

My expression of spirituality is based on creativity. I know God as the Creator, and know we were make in His image. So that makes us creators in a similar way. We don’t create the universe however we are given the skills to create many things in this world. So these creativity sites are close to my heart.

Today I didn’t work on my sites as I should have. I was distracted by many things – a sick dog, a kitchen sink that suddenly stopped draining, and is still plugged somewhere deep under this house despite all our efforts, and my own decluttering project. I’ve been working on my bedroom, and today got the inspiration to turn the corner of my bedroom into a small art studio space. This involved a bit of furniture moving. I got my easel out of the closet in my office, and set it up, and put all my art supplies in that corner. It looks and feels wonderful!

So… the sites I usually work on every Tuesday, that I didn’t work on today, are these:

Literature For Kids is a monthly periodical for children. Because of the events of last month, my two-week travel experience including the passing of my father, I’ve decided not to have a November issue. Usually I publish a collection of stories for children, poems, and articles based on a theme. The next issue, December, will be about families.

My other main writing site is one I set up for articles written about writing. I moved a lot of them away from this blog a few years ago. The site is gathering dust in that I haven’t added much lately… but it gets a fair amount of traffic.

Occasionally I write movie reviews… at Mystic Movie Reviews. It has been a long time since I wrote one. Though I love to watch movies and write about them, this site doesn’t make money for me so I’ve neglected it for other more profitable projects.

I think my Content Writer’s Forum might be better classified as a business forum, but I keep it listed with my creativity niche sites. I visit the forum almost every day to add postings. I am, essentially, a content writer. At least, that’s how I earn money. In my heart, however, I’m a novelist!

My secret site that really – almost nobody knows about – until now . . . contains a few childhood memoirs: Cali Childhood. I rarely add to it – but am doing so for my children. I will post memoirs about my own childhood, and about theirs. We were all raised in California.

So that’s it for now. I’ve got another site in this category that isn’t developed at all – but will announce it only when it is worth looking at.

Some days, like today, I get no work done on my intended projects. But let’s face it – housework sometimes has to take precedence. Today’s plugged sink was time consuming. We’re hoping to get professional help on that soon, because lack of a kitchen sink seems like a huge problem! Also the continuation of my bedroom improvement project needed to be done. So I don’t worry too much if I miss a week of working on a niche. I just hit it again the next week.