> What do you do when you finally realise you dont want to reenact anymore, > and when your costumes gets bored to look at? > When alll your reenactment friends leaves you, and your family two? > What is left then?
Take a complete break from it. Set yourself a week to avoid all activities related to it, make sure all your fabrics and notions are out of sight as well. You will either find yourself going mad thinking of things you could be doing, in which case you know the passion is still there and you need to find a better way of expressing it (finding a new group, maybe even a new era) or you'll find yourself heaving a huge sigh of relief in which case you know you need a holiday. I go through periods where I wonder what I'm doing with a certain group or more especially with my website/online interaction with other costumers. I find a few days break is enough to find what I really want from it, and then I make any necessary changes to how I deal with issues that have upset/angered me. Your situation is of course much more complex. It sounds like you need to find what really drives you, costuming and reenacting are often outlets for a great deal of inquisitiveness and creativity. A lot of people burn out having focussed on a single time frame/group. If you still feel the need to create something beautiful, try out some other areas of art just to take a break. I find photography makes me happiest, I like to find shapes and colours in everyday items. Actually what I love photographing more than anything are cloud formations. Regards, Michaela de Bruce http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 4/07/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
