Art Fun

I spent last Sunday afternoon with my fabulously talented friends, Judy and Geri. We baked Christmas cookies with our kids. While the kids were busy decorating the cookies, Judy decided to hold a spontaneous art class. The kids didn't want us to help decorate the cookies anyway.
Judy gave us canvas sheets, crayons and fabric dye. The idea was to do simplified batik art. We each drew free-form figures with the crayons, then sprinkled each canvas with fabric dye. A few squirts of water and wow! Okay, actually I threw away my first try and I wasn't crazy about my second creation either. Ah, but by the third one, I kind of had the hang of it.
I had to leave my creation at Judy's house to dry, but she's promised to bring it by soon. Maybe I'll scan it and post it here.
It was so much fun to just play with the colors and not really worry about what it was going to look like or who might see the failures. I tried to approach the project like I imagine a child would, uninhibited and only concerned with pleasing myself.
I'm hoping to try to translate that enthusiasm and feeling of freedom into my writing. It's sometimes much too easy to get bogged down and not write if I worry too much about what someone (anyone) might think of what I'm writing. It is my hope that infusing my writing with childlike enthusiasm and fun can only improve what I'm doing. We'll see.