Out on a Jolly |
No Rules |
A mad dash through a street fountain |
I discovered pretty quickly, your inner artist might be a child but the day out doesn't have to be childish,unless you want it to. This is no human child, but a wild, untamed chimera you're hoping to unleash. The artist small person doesn't do cute and it definitely doesn't do pink.
A bag of delicious fruit |
The Jolly doesn't have to cost a lot of money, either - some of the best ones cost nothing. You devote a little time to yourself doing something that brightens your spirit, and gets your creative juices flowing. Perhaps a mad dash through a street fountain, a visit to the market for a bag of delicious fresh fruit, mudlarking at the edge of the River Thames - but do it alone, with no other motive other than to stimulate the creative juices.
Mudlarking at the edge of the Thames |
For my first Jolly, I chose one of the two things no-one has a right to explore even once, according to Sir Thomas Beecham: incest and Morris Dancing. In London, the May Bank Holiday is a perfect excuse for normally sensible people to break out in Morris dancing outside the pub. I took myself to one one the banks of the river, feeling a bit of a twit.
Breaking out in Morris Dancing |
And whadda ya know, my inner artist really did glow.
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough
Mae West 1893-1980
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