I finally was able to create the beautiful planter with solar water fountain I've been seeing on Instagram. Social media throws millions of ideas our way each day, recipes, gardening tips, DIY projects, just filtering and processing all the ideas is brutal on our brains. This water fountain began showing up on my feed as if a subliminal message, calling for me to make it happen...so I did. I've got to say, I'm happy I listened, the sounds from the fountain are soothing and the excess water is great for the flowering plants. I bought cheap grey planters, unsure how it would come together. Pleased with my creation I think might make a real fancy one next year, this was only my prototype. I have always been slightly creative, even before being bombarded with ideas. I wonder if being spoon-fed constant stimulus might crush creatively instead of inspiring it? When I first bought my home I sponge painted walls instead of putting up wallpaper, I painted and restored furniture and yes, even gardened a bit. I suppose being tight for cash stimulates a certain level of creativity all on its own, forcing us to figure out how to make our surroundings lovely without breaking the bank. Whatever sparks our brains to try new ideas and create art is wonderful, although tiresome. Scrolling through instagram is exhausting, there's not enough time in the world for it all. I send myself reels I think I'll want to watch again, recipes I'll make and projects to try, even through I rarely do. I send and receive reels from friends of silly things and great ideas. Information overload at every turn, oh, how our brains need a rest sometimes. Maybe that's what I saw when I watched the reel for this fountain, an opportunity to create quiet time and a place to clear my thoughts from everything except the trickling sound of water. A sliver of peaceful in our fast paced wonderful world...don't mind if I do.
Don’t mind if I do 😊
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