GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH!

It was a cold, dark start to our walk today.  The moon was a sliver and the stars were bright, but there was a damp freshness and it was still squelchy underfoot!  As the morning progressed, the sunrise produced a beautiful sky and the promise of a sunny day...

As we walked we discussed Jenny's last post about being a rounded person, and the Indian belief that we are a 'house of four rooms'  (Spiritual, Emotional, Physical, Mental), and we should visit them everyday.  Our walks not only give me physical exercise, but I find being in the countryside, out in the elements and talking about anything, very therapeutic, especially as I work for many hours, on my own, in my studio.  It is certainly also good for my mental, spiritual and emotional health!  

Our walk included  going around our estate, Tadley Acres, where they are still building...

Thinking about what else I can do, I came to the conclusion that I need to do another bout of decluttering.  I do find that my mind often needs clearing and I am sure that would help!  I have done some in spurts but there are loads of areas, such as my clothes, which could do with more attention, as I am constantly forgetting what I have and can't find what I know I do have!  I might enlist some help as I am a bit of a hoarder - a 'just in case' and 'it might come back into fashion' sort of person! I need someone who is firm with me!  I have been known to put clothes in a black sack ready for the charity shop and it has never got there!  The clothes have either crept back into my wardrobe or ended up in the studio as rags or part of my material stash!!

That is the trouble with my mixed media art, I use all sorts of materials, and I especially like recycling, so I don't like throwing things away!  If I do, I often regret it!  This has meant that my studio has been overflowing with stuff, so much so, that I have moved some of it out to a storage space that I share with a friend...