20 years of creativity

I turned 20 years old today. I had been wanting to do something significant for my birthday, since I realized I will never been a teenager again, and decided I wanted my creativity project to tie into my birthday. I spent a few hours wondering what kind of thing to do, when I realized I had too many options, like we discussed in class. I decided to limit myself to making something out of things I already had in my apartment. I found some clear glass stones that I had from a project last year, and decided creating something with those would be perfect. I decided to write a number on each of the stones, representing a year of my life. I thought I could paint the stones after writing the number, with a color that related to that year of my life. I soon discovered that we had no paint in our apartment! I had to write on the stones with a Sharpie marker, and then paint over the back with nail polish. On the day of my birthday I went and put the stones in significant places that reminded me of that year of my life. This project, and the limitations I forced on myself, was something I wouldn’t have ordinarily done. I was really glad to have this assignment, as well as the discussion beforehand that made me realize that sometimes limitations can help us.