It's hard to be creative in the heat, well it's something that I have been struggling with it. When I'm not working, I am doing my best to try and be comfortable, which is not always easy. I get home, I do some chores, play a little and then I sit down. That there is the start of my decline, I sit down, let myself melt, from which it is very hard to get going again.
It gets difficult to have a conversation in the hottest part of the day, I just have to shut down, cos it's hard to function otherwise. The brain feels like it is melting little and I struggle with being creative. It's also too hot to use my laptop (well my friends Laptop, that she has so generously been lending me for the last year), it overheats. So finding time to write has been a little bit difficult, as when it cools down, there is so much to do at home.
I mean my last post is about melting, which I have been doing a lot of lately. I feel like I am more acclimatized, that I am more intune with with what I need to be doing. Summer is when you hibernate round these parts, well it is for me. That's what my body has been telling me to do anyway. When I'm not working, I'm conserving my energy. But all around me, I see things that need to be done. That's probably the most difficult thing for me, not being able to get everything done. But that's part of the surrender.
You don't see other animals out prancing around in the middle of the day here. My bathroom is outside, on a lower terrace and I can feel the heat on my feet, as I make my way to it. Sometimes I have to run, I know, I know, I could put some shoes on, but I never do. It's good to remind yourself sometimes, to connect with the heat, but just not for too long.
I remember when I lived in Australia, getting huge blisters on my feet, from walking barefoot in the middle of the day, totally unprepared for the heat that was coming off of the earth, the pathways, the stones. It was sore lesson indeed. We have no right being out and able in the middle of the day, when it's super hot. Not if you want to live connected to the elements. Been like the other animals that go seek out a shaded spot and hibernate for a while.
So I slow down, right down, whilst also sweating, which is quite a juxtaposition. Sweating buckets whilst doing nothing. My body getting a detox, then eventually getting the energy and motivation to get u, have a shower and get a reset. Ready, to start it all again tomorrow.
( Photos I took, before the middle day heat.)
