the creative minimalist

darren r hill : writer, minstrel and journal keeper

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Life

Tree with new life

It could be about a death and resurrection. It could be about fertility and fecundity. It could be about redemption and nationhood. Pascha. Eostre. Passover. To name just three.

One theme runs through each of these metaphors; life.

They can be myth and legend. They can be story and narrative. They can be historical and literal.

One theme remains the same, independent of their being; life.

There might be a chocolate egg. Created for the sole purpose of profit and pleasure. A shelf-filler that cares little for what it represents.

Even here, one theme can be found; an egg: life.

As winter recedes in the Northern Hemisphere new life emerges. Flowers and trees begin to bloom. New shoots burst forth from the earth. Spring lambs leap and bound.

When we find the outside there is a common consensus; life.

I remember a slogan from the 80s, it might be relevant.

Choose Life

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Recent creative field notes

"seeking my path" words in my art journal

I thought I’d share a few things I have and am doing. A little catch-up from the creative worlds I inhabit. A report back from the creative explorations I am taking. Creative field notes if you like.

I stopped writing my morning pages a while back. Since then I have been jotting down ideas and thoughts in a plain page journal. As such it has become a cross between an art journal and a writing journal. In it, I do the sort of thing pictured above and sometimes create backgrounds using the process below. Other times I just write words.

I am about to go live with my Patreon. One of the first pieces of music I will share is a reworking of an instrumental piece for the festival of Beltane. More on that in a future post, and on Patreon, but in the meantime this is the sort of thing I get up to in my music grimoire as I work on some lyrics.

A song for Beltane lyrics page from this Minster's manual

I don’t forget to refill the creative well either. I make sure I get out as often as I can and visit the sea, even if it is just for a brisk stroll along the beach. The sea was dancing away the last time I visited. When the wind is easterly it often whips up the waves in the bay. Not rough in the big scheme of things, but lively enough for us down here in the South West.

Rough sea

More creative field notes soon.

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Weekend words

The words above seem to be bouncing around my head this week. Some are just words that are resonating, others are song titles that will create some resonating while others may or may not resonate in the future.

It was the New Moon this week, so it was time for a lunar cycle intention time. One of the things I will be working on this month, is pLAnarchy. I took the opportunity of the New Moon to create a journal spread using some of my pLAnarchy stuff.

And the waves have been crashing on the beach. It is quite refreshing… In a resonating sort of way.

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Welcome to April

Stone cairn on desk


It is possible that the word April comes from the Latin verb aperire, which means ‘to open’. Therefore, if true, this month is so named because of all the things that open, or come into being at this time. Blossom. Flowers. Leaves. New life. And all the other things associated with spring.

I’ve got the spring fever. Ideas are coursing through my mind. It’s the creatives’ illness. The cure, create. The result, a harvest later in the year.

It’s April, a time to open…

…perhaps.

It is also possible that April is named after something else.

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Repetition is not a narrative

This phrase has been bouncing around my head for a while now.

Days become similar.
Hours and minutes are the same.
Moments, by moment, merge.

It’s the Spring Equinox.
It’s a Full Moon.
It’s another day in March.

Am I living my life, or am I repeating myself…
because, if so, repetition is not a narrative.

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