Choose an object to symbolize your creativity and put it in a place you can see it every day.
Have you ever astonished yourself by what you created? What did you learn from it?
This one is an interesting one for me. I'm not at home so I can't choose an object, but I don't really think I have any that I could really choose from. I'm not an artist, so I don't have any drawings or paintings. I'm a writer, but I can't really print out a book and display it. I suppose I could print out a poem or a short story, but most of my poems are dark and depressing and my short stories are still at least two pages long. I make cards sometimes, but I give those all away. I sew a lot, but mostly clothing, so I don't really have anything that I can display... maybe when I get home, I will do something creative so I have something to display, haha.
I think the thing that astonished me most was my novel. While yes, it is a beast and needs a LOT of editing still (over a year later, oops) it was a great experience and I'm super proud of myself for doing it. I'm semi-upset at myself for not finishing NaNo this year as well, but considering everything I had going on in November, I'm lucky I survived it in general, without the added stress of NaNo. I learned that I can actually finish a story, which I never really thought I would do before. I can write a short story like nobody's business, but once it comes to longer stories, I seem to keep writing them into oblivion without an actual end in sight. For this story, I made sure I had an ending, otherwise I'm sure this one would have just kept going as well, which is good for the word count, but not so good for the story itself. I do actually have a printed out copy of my novel for editing purposes, but it's not really something that I can display. We'll see what I come up with when I get home and have a nap...
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