A friend of mine has written on her blog about choosing a word each year as a kind of touchstone.  She writes (in part):

It’s quite an open/generative thing, a guide or perhaps a reminder – I think a positive way to approach the new year rather than specific resolutions.

Mine is “exploring”. I wanted a verb, active, with flavours of curiosity, openness, movement, learning, paying attention to what is around me.

And she asks if anyone else wants to participate.  I thought it sounded like a superb idea, especially as I already had a word in mind.  I’ve chosen ‘push’ to be my mantra for the next year as it well describes what I hope to do; push myself into places I haven’t been before (creatively that is).  I’m looking for new challenges, and my image this week demonstrates it perfectly.

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