Three days ago, I started to get that feeling. The one where I feel the new school year creeping in and impinging on my time to create.<\/p>\n
So, I will try something I have never done: look back at what I did this summer, with a dash of what I wanted to do.<\/p>\n
I had grand plans, for sure, as I wanted to see how much of a musical I could write if I gave it a full month. Yes, I know it takes far longer than that to write a musical–Lin Manuel Miranda took seven years to write Hamilton, after all.\u00a0 I have already been writing a mini-musical in small bursts for the past three years, originally composing it on long nighttime dog walks during the peak of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Sad to report, I did not write any of the musical, nor add on to the ideas I had for two others. I only played guitar a handful of times, and piano even less (twice.) Other than listening to music, it was not a musically creative summer.<\/p>\n
But, I did do the following during the 71 days of summer:<\/p>\n
90–books I read this summer. I normally shoot for about 100 books but, for the past month, I have not been able to read. The last seven books on the list are all audiobooks.<\/p>\n
63–nights I wrote before going to bed. I was interrupted by an eight-day trip with friends and family. An interruption that was well worth it.<\/p>\n
62–mornings I created art, usually drawing, before breakfast.<\/p>\n
23–nights I created art, usually painting and collage, before going to bed.<\/p>\n
11–professional development workshops I took through the district.<\/p>\n
7–professional classes and mini-courses I took on-line.<\/p>\n
2–weeks of teaching a Vikings summer camp class (about 10 hours each day, prep and in action.)<\/p>\n
2–personal development classes I took on-line, including one in art\/art history, as well as one in web design to create this site.<\/p>\n
And, all of this despite…<\/p>\n
2–the number of eye surgeries I had this summer, one on July 11 and another on July 28. The first had me holding my head at a downward-facing and right-leaning angle for two weeks. The second had me looking straight down for one week, and now unable to see out of the eye, probably for the next few months.<\/p>\n
Even without the surgeries, I would be proud of what I did this summer. Easily the most fun I have had in a summer in a long time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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