Morag Watson / My cat the philosopher

“When the world seems a confusing and unfriendly place, try lying in the sun with your legs in the air, as sometimes the world just looks better that way.”

I’ve been four months in hibernation.  While I loved the snowy white tranquillity of November and December, the dismal grey of January and February seemed depressingly relentless.  But today is the day when the sun finally rose high enough to make it over the roof of the house opposite and shine into our living room.

The cat is indeed lying in the sun with her legs in the air, personally I’ll just settle for lying in the sun.

It’s been over a month since our second residential workshop, this time in Glen Prosen.  Not only was it a totally different landscape it was also a totally different experience.  Somehow it felt more raw, more real and closer to the bone.  That’s why I’ve really struggled to blog since I got back.  The experiences of Glen Prosen, especially the solo, are just so much more personal and powerful; I’ve needed a lot of time to process it but I still can’t really put it into words. 

After the workshop I felt emotionally tired but also, in a strange way, lighter.  Getting home was so stressful as I seemed to be very sensitive to all the areas of neglect that had crept into my life – the little bits of unfinished paintwork, the late celebration of important dates, the loft insulation that was not all it should be, all the things I mean to do but haven’t quite gotten round to; simultaneously annoying, depressing and upsetting.

But now the sun has come back I feel that I’m moving again, able to start things and get things done…