The first week of camp was over quickly. It was great to go back to camp and meet many acquaintances again and meet new people. I waited for the camp to start all spring and knew I needed this camp for myself. Above all, the camp would once again be an opportunity for me to give time to myself and my greatest passion: creativity. At the same time, I knew I had the opportunity to find some sort of balance in the midst of all this chaos.
I just found a suitable book for camp for smahsbook. It was just the right size for me to take it with me wherever I went. For this book, I started building a camp this summer. For the smahsbook, I went through the camp materials from previous years and found something there that I definitely wanted to use this year as well. So what better way than to build a section in a book: something old. And of course for the Harmony retreat, I had to reserve some space for the smahsbook because Retreat was a little left for me in the winter.
I didn’t do very much preparation for this camp. I looked through everything I wanted or even thought I could use at camp. I printed everything I thought I needed, but I bought little to nothing new. Of course, during the camp I had to buy some things. Admittedly, the reason is probably more inspiration than the actual need. Or a new Tote ... That's what I feel I needed. Now the goods fit in an even smaller space and are in better order.
I recently thought that the preparation is already part of the trip. Preparing makes us wake up and look around us in a whole new way. At the same time, preparation challenges us to seek inspiration and seek creativity in a whole new way. And even though I did all the camp preparations carefully, I find again the camp is over. (I reveal: I originally had to publish this text as early as June 7th, when the first camp week was just coming to an end.) Every summer I see the same thing with these camps. I get lost for many weeks in the middle of the camp because of the work and I wake up again just before the end of the camp in a huge hurry and panic that everyone has to get the hurry done underneath. So I have no way to go back the whole camp back week by week. At this point, it probably wouldn’t even make any sense. But, maybe again at the next camp I will be told more, better and more.
All in all, this camp was once again experience, an experience, and I have once again explore the wonderful people. I feel like I have made new friends. So ... Thank you all for being involved and making this a memorable camp. If you want to stay heard about camp rumors, come spin a second time!
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