The legacy I’d like to leave behind is both personal and creative. On a personal level I’d like my family, friends and past pupils, to think of me fondly and remember me with love. I’d like them to smile when they think of me and remember my crazy antics and our great times. Of course, they’ll also know me for other things that may not be as positive. Nothing nefarious, but the usual disagreements and petty squabbles that plague every human. I just hope the good outweighs the bad. When I think of my own dearly departed family and friends, my heart fills with sadness that they aren’t here any longer, but I always think of the good times, not the bad. Somehow, those silly arguments we had, fade away into nothingness, and I think of the joy, the fun, the laughter. That’s how I hope I will be remembered.

From the perspective of my creative musings, I’m already working on my legacy. I want to have my art educational thoughts, and teachings stored on my website or my blog. This is the legacy I’d like to leave for art teachers of the future. Hopefully, my career impacted enough on teachers at all ages that they realise the importance of an art education, and that that education is a blend of teaching skill and facilitating creativity, so that children can realise their own creative thoughts and ideas. I’ve written so much about that over the years and it is all available on my blog too, if people want to read it. I won’t be around to pay for the domain name or site fees, so I’m relying on the free WordPress site I have to store them.

The same goes for my philosophical thoughts, my art, my books and my music. I’d like to upload as much as I can for people to enjoy in whatever way they wish. I can’t do anything about the fact that two of my books are now out of print. Que sera sera. I’m trying to get some of my old songs on Spotify too, which I’ll link to from WordPress.

This is the creative legacy I’d like to leave. I doubt many will be too interested, but it’s important to me to leave it.