I feel I can officially say it now…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
I am surrounded by fairy lights and sparkle as that is my kind of Christmas.
Some enjoy the traditional festive décor with greenery and red ribbons hanging round the mantelpiece. A slight shimmer of gold might give a soft glow next to an advent candle. There may even be dried circles of orange hung from the tree alongside simple white lights and pinecones.
Others prefer a more uniform Christmas with a colour theme that ties in nicely with the existing décor of the room. In the corner of the room stands a white tree, white to fully show off the colour displays; silver and blue, or silver and pink, or gold and red, or maybe gold and silver (no harm in a bit of bling at Christmas).
Me? Give me full on colour! I want red, green, pink, purple, silver, blue, orange. Yes, if it’s in the rainbow and beyond then put it in my room.
I will be honest, I do tend to sway towards the cooler end of the colour spectrum with purple, blue and pink taking pride of place but I’ll chuck a bit of anything in to make the living room festive and fun for the kids.
I like things to be bright at Christmas and I think it’s because I find my creativity tends to come forth more at this time of year. The lights have to shine with the intensity of this tree I saw at Centerparcs earlier this year.
Though in a single colour it really sparked off my excitement for Christmas and finally having the time away from Uni to write what I want to write.
I don’t tend to write ‘happy’ at Christmas though, despite my bubbling burst of excitement at this time of year. It’s almost like I need to balance out my extreme happiness with a little of that shadow that lurks in the deepest corners of our minds.
Lines like;
On calm days she’d stay inside as the river
slid by, mourning the torrents of rain
yet to clag the banks in clods of mud.
and;
I never flinched
at your words, or fist. The quilt
mountained around us as silk
both taken from new poems I have written recently reflect the happiness I am feeling inside simply due to the fact that they are of a sombre tone.
How do you reflect your emotions through your writing? Do you write the opposite of what you feel or do you prefer to feel that emotion at the time and get it down on paper? Maybe it’s a bit of both?
Why not pop by the comment box and share? I’d love to hear your views.
Vicki Bartram 