And here*s some bigger news : Two or three days ago, I learned how to knit. I cannot knit every single knitting style already of course, but I am so proud I can make the first row & the garter stitch :D.
I cannot post my knitting results as I still have some problems with knitting (The knittings (?) always tend to fall off my needles, nooo!!), but I still want to explain it a little here. I will make a video for this purpose then, most likely! It is pretty easy actually - however, I don*t know how to make left knittings (yet).
I wish I could post more about this (Actually I tried a moment ago, but it is hard to explain although it is easy to do :P). So I will leave you to that, will try to make a video this weekend or so to explain the knitting techniques ... :)
Ah yes, and if you end up buying wool for your first project, please have a look at the wool pack; mine said you*ll need 6-7mm needles. This way you*ll know what needles are needed. (You cannot knit every kind of wool with every kind of needle!!)
Ah yes #2, the magazine "Brigitte" released a knitting special this month, which actually is the mag lying below my needles :). I have two wool balls right now, both the same width -- one is pink, the other one is turquoise :D. These are two of my favourite colours after all.
And, by learning how to knit, a childhood dream of mine was fulfilled. I never learned knitting in school, and so, this is a beautiful opportunity :). My mum* and my granny* both helped me a lot and I want to thank them for their patience :).
What were your childhood dreams? What did you always want to learn? Maybe this is a good opportunity to make them come true at last ...
Aaand here*s the second entry (of three). I made this picture, which is related to the tarot as you may (or may not) see, around the same time as the "No Fear, No Sadness" one :
What I like about the picture in particular is that a subject I have created at some point in my teenage years was picked up again here.
Long time no see, but now you will be flooded with information, mwahaha!! :D
How is everybody? I am actually doing fine, have been working on a lot of stuff. I will dedicate one entry to each project, so that it looks like I made more so that I can explain everything in detail ;). Let*s start with a picture I have worked on this summer or late spring :
Probably I listened to Malice Mizer too much (not only because of the title). The text "My Memory Is A Liar" was put there because of a song Gackt sang once (and which was a cover I think?).
It is hard to explain the "subject" of the picture as it was basically created with the idea : "Let*s make something pleasant for the eye!!" There are clocks on a band (like rubber band), checkered blood stains, and mountains ... And some more stuff, too ("stuff" is a good description now, isn*t it?!).
AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHATSOEVER (Because I may forget to say it in the next entries!) : I*m able to film small videos now. I already made a video explaining the Lenormand but I am not sure when I can upload it. I might also make some in connection to being creative, so WATCH OUT :D!!
Recently I went to the dentist with my mum*, so we sat in the waiting room and I looked around and found some papercuttings on the walls, and now that my curiosity was awakened, I really have been thinking about ways to make them myself. This didn*t really help me, so I went to Wikihow instead and found this tutorial ... I really found the idea of using papercuts in all variations great, but I won*t tell you too much about my plans. What I will tell you, however, is that i am totally in "construction mode" right now, which is good :). I really want to do calligraphy now, for real. I once made something calligraphy-like for my granny* for Christmas, but then again, she couldn*t read it ... I felt rather sorry then for confusing her, but that*s not the subject right now. Also, I am currently - along with "Lost Souls" (Poppy Z. Brite) and "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon #6" (Naoko Takeuchi) - reading a book by Barbara Sher, called What Do I Do When I Want To Do Everything?, and it is very good. I followed the advice so far and really found some projects I could work on, for example, in my own room :). For example, I want to draw notes (Yes, yes, sheet-music-like!) onto the walls in the rehearsal room, and I want to make some furniture, or better said build something else out of them (Apart from the desk which I will really make myself ... With help, though ;)!), and I want to make, not a triptychon, but "one" image made of five (!) single pictures. And I want to have a corner with photographs & postcards & collages. I need aaart~!! Also I started working on a new song on Friday. :) I hope I will be able to record it well & also to upload it. What have you been up to? I really want to make an art journal, too, thanks go to Gala Darling & the person whose "Radical Self-Love Bible" she shared in her blog recently :). I am amazed because of this, so thanks for the inspiration!!
Don*t you agree that actually this blog*s URL is a bit leading in a wrong direction? It is actually called "Rina wird kreativ", which translates as "Rina gets creative", but to me, the truth came to be : Everybody is creative in their own unique ways, and so I am asking you all to be PROUD of that :).
There*s this test called MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), which, after you answer several questions, puts you into one of sixteen types, and I wanted to say a few words on this right now. First of all, I tested and got the result "INFP", which stands for "Introverted INtuitive Feeling Perceiving". It is said to be one of the most creative types out there, and careers suggested mostly circle around the subject of being creative.
And despite LIKING my outcome, my type, I do have to say that it is a bit strange to think of other people as "different from myself", even though this sounds totally odd now maybe. Since the INFPs supposedly don*t make up a high percentage of the population (However, the forums for them are larger than those for the types that have a larger percentage Oô?), this is to say that several other types which don*t get identified as "creative" make up a larger number of the population. However, my hypothesis is that everybody is creative, at all times, and that everybody holds the potential to also succeed in careers linked to the arts. After all, many people do use ways of communicating. They speak in a certain way, act in a certain way, behave in a certain way, all based on their own decisions, in order to create themselves in the eyes of the people they communicate with. After all the only way I can see to NOT be creative is to do and say and act, etc. ALWAYS in a way that others want you to. If somebody whispers what you are supposed to say, and you say it without changing anything, I assume that is not really creative, but the other person still is (Although he/she is not really nice in this moment, I guess).
But then again, we are not always in this position. In some way, EVERYBODY gets to be creative, and it is not always through the means of arts. You write letters to your friends, or e*mails, and what you say expresses what you feel ... You are being creative. You cook a meal, try it to see what it tastes like, and then add some spices or whatever you think is needed to create your "perfect" result, and maybe others won*t have the same taste - but you are still being creative. :) Whatever you decide right now, creates your own future. Whatever you think right now leads to what you will decide upon. And so on ...
So, really, how can anybody "get" to be creative. It is not like taking a chance to do something that will create an image others will see of you, and then again, sometimes deciding you don*t want to do that. You are always creating an image of yourself, so-to-say, so you are always being creative.
I will close this thought with a video for fellow INFPs, because, even though I do think the term "creative" needs to be re-defined, I DO think the test itself is awesome and it helped me realise what my potential is ... Where I stand ... What is good about me :). (Yeah, I am SUPER GREAT!!) I never had any test result so close to what I am. So close to who I am ... Enjoy :
Mulan is an incredibly beautiful movie by Walt Disney (Yes, I am outing myself as a Disney fan :D) on a young woman who rescues her father*s life by joining the military, disguised as his son. Not only is it a pleasure to watch the movie and follow Mulan*s story, but also the songs are so incredibly beautiful, and I CERTAINLY cannot surpass the limit of ability that was set when the song "Reflection", or in German "Spiegelbild", was created, but I tried to do it nevertheless.
My version of the song can be downloaded here now. If you like to, that is. It was also one of the tests I ran with my new microphone, so ... I hope you will like it?
Now I don*t know what I was about to say with this subject line *lol* (but I nevertheless think it sounds funny). How have you all been? I hope you are all in the mood for an update~.
Today I wanted to tell you about me suffering from a buying frenzy of some kind. I bought several things, but mainly want to focus on the microphone bundle I got, as well as the sewing magazines I bought, but what should I start with?
The microphone bundle I got at a page called Thomann. I recommend it to anybody who is serious about pursuing his/her music career; and Thomann also offers videos and sound examples of the things they sell :). And no, they didn*t pay me for writing this now, even though it is the second time I ordered something there. *nods* Opening the boxes always feels like Crizzlemas, too!
So, the box contained the microphone "the t.bone SC 450 USB", and a pop killer (That is this net-like thing you put infront of the microphone in order to let it kill the popping sounds of several consonants, and I assume it helps with spitting, too :D ... That is, it helps prevent the microphone from being watered this way ...), and a microphone rack, and a 3-meter-long cable (USB), AND a software (Magix Samplitude11 Silver Sequencersoftware). And, let*s just say, I got all this for a really good price :3. I shall try the microphone today, and have been wondering about what to sing then ;). I still am not sure ... But we will see; I am just happy to be able to record my singing now!! As for the sewing magazines; I bought six of them. Now you may say, that*s quite a lot, but four of them came as a bundle, too (All those bundles!!! O___O). These four magazines are the same as a "book", so-to-say. It is called "Leichter Nähen" I think, and was released by Burda. Then I bought the new Burda Style, and another magazine that I forgot the name of (Oh laziness, you don*t allow me to look it up now, do you?!) D:. But the latter also has sewing patterns in it for larger sizes ;) (Well, and so does the Burda Style of course!). So, now there shall be no more excuses. Except for one : I don*t have that much material to sew D: ... But there are ways of obtaining it really quickly. And now that the Wave Gotik Treffen is happening and I am sitting at home ... I really want to be there right now!! ;) To everybody attending it : Have a great time!! & greet Leipzig from me~!!
