So, my 2014 New Year's Resolution is this: every day, I want to spend time creating something. I want to put aside an hour (since I'm lucky enough to have a job where that's possible) and apply my brain to some sort of creative problem. Whether it's a piece of writing, a piece of revision, a sketch, a doodle, a poem, a dance, a character profile, a song...anything. Anything that forces my brain to expand a little bit. Something about college turned a switch inside me, oriented me towards critical thinking and away from creative thinking, and I need to turn it back.
It's no secret that our modern world doesn't have a lot of space for the arts. Ask anyone who majored in something non-science/math/business related in college. It's hard to find a job, and any job you do find isn't going to make you much money--no matter how far up the ladder you climb. That being said, I doubt I'd ever be satisfied with a 9 to 5 corporate business job, and the number one way I can make sure that doesn't happen is to nourish my ticket out: creativity.
Without further ado, I present to you my first act of creation; a probably terrible and grammatically problematic haiku, written to see if I could! It follows the theme of rebirth and positive internal change. Granted, it's still the middle of winter and it's unlikely that any buds will be flowering anytime soon, but hey at least it's not snowing today.
雪がやむ 外も心に 芽が咲いた | The snow stops outside and in my heart a bud has flowered. |
わびぬれば 身をうき草の ねをたへて さそふみづあらば いなんとぞ思ふ | I have sunk to the bottom and like the rootless shifting water weeds should the currents summon me I too would drift away |