This stinks.

After a brief spurt of knitting energy I am now completely devoid of any creative inclination.  I went out of town for the weekend and opted not to take my knitting (didn't think I'd get the needles through airport security).  Since I've been back I've been swamped with school and life and haven't done anything.  My knitting things are sitting on my dresser, staring at me, making me feel terribly guilty.  I decided to explore my classmates' blogs and see how they're progressing.  Misery loves company, and I'm even lonelier after this exercise!  While I've been thoroughly unproductive it appears everyone else is far more creative than I am!  Aaron's completing paintings, Laney's posting lovely pictures, Hillary's finished her crocheting project, and Lauren's growing plants!   Despite feeling like a great big underachiever, I have had a bit of a revelation.  One of the things that struck me about everyone else's creative skill is the room for variety.  I'm really only doing one thing -- making repeated knots with the same boring color thread.  Nothing changes except the length of my scarf or whatever the heck this mess is. I do not have a history of task avoidance, and I fear my current quandry may arise from the fact that I'm bored.  I really appreciate how the activities undertaken by my classmates allow for variety.  For example, Alex can get creative cooking different meals. I think this knitting business may be too limited for my desired creative expression!  I'm committed to keeping it up for the duration of this class, but think I'm inspired to try something new in the future.  If anything I'm getting frustrated because I think I do have some creativity deep down inside that I'm eager to get out...just not with a bunch of knots.