This is me...

You feel that creativity provides insight into your own being. In fact, it is like therapy for you, enabling you to get to know yourself better. You seem to be looking for a way into the mysteries of the subconscious. It’s not really self-expression you are seeking, but rather the tools of self-expression: discovering what your creation will reveal about yourself. Art helps you reflect on, analyse and expand your personality. You long to be creative, and it’s not just because you need to deal with your emotions. It’s the tension between contradictions, and the need to resolve doubt that drives you to be creative. Painting pictures, decorating rooms, arranging shells in the sand — these are all creative processes that allow your introspection to roam. You can trace your life through the different ways you have exercised your creativity. For you, art is there to make sense of life. You are more attracted to artistic activities
that demand reflection, planning and solitude, and the personal discoveries you make often provide answers for others, too.

(Found here and here.)

My Chrysalis

I decided I had enough ideas and random inspiration swirling about in my head to start a second blog so I wouldn't dilute my other blog with the artsy-fartsy, scrapbooky, wanna-be-photographer, painter, writer, side of me. I want to use this space as a creative outlet for all of these things. (which is what "scraptacular" originally started out to be, but has grown into our family blog that I enjoy so much!)
I am definitely going through a "chrysalis" stage in my life right now, in many ways. Although sometimes scary, frustrating, and unsettling, I also see this as a time to grow and bloom, expand my horizons, and achieve those goals I've always had in the back of my head. Some are little, some are big. Change is a part of life and you have to learn to adjust or be left behind. Aren't we all in a constant state of growth? Welcome to my Daily Chrysalis...