TAKE NOTE - Slowing Life Down

If you want to slow life down then be there for the January snowstorm.   I’m not sure what it’s doing where you are but in my neck of the woods we are not leaving the house today.   Hmm, what should we do on a day that we can’t go anywhere?  Perhaps, we should MAKE something! 

I think making things with our hands brings us contentment that we wouldn’t have guessed in our fast paced world.   Coupled with this is the concept that to make something with our own hands, we generally have to slow down and take our time to have it work out.  The notion of slowing down and the idea of slow art has captured my imagination.  A couple of years ago I discovered that there’s even a “Slow Art Day” every April (more on that closer to the day!).

There are probably creative, slow yourself down things you already do like baking a cake or building a snowman or planting a garden.  Most of these can’t be done with your cellphone in hand or in a super speedy way but they bring great satisfaction.  Maybe today consider drawing a little flower.  Perhaps even painting it.  Perchance putting it in a short note to a faraway friend?  Let’s start with a deep breath.