Words and Fire

I'm trying to make art from my note books and a fire ... so far the inpspiration isn't happening and its not working. I have a few practise shots ... I was reading some of Charlotte Cotton's book this morning ... specifically the chapter on "Something and Nothing" ... my note books arent "nothing" but they are "something" but how to make art out of them ... how to create something meaningful .... how to make them into an art work? Maybe I'm not meant too ... maybe as they are in the past they dont actually mean anything any more?

I was watching "My Grandma's House" last night .... it's a comedy ... last night the main character "the son" was trying to convince his family that the past meant nothing, that it didn't in fact exist, and that the past is only how we perceive it .... so maybe there was a message here for me! If the past doesn't exist then my art wont exist either ...mmmmm....!! :D OR maybe the answer lies in how I perceive it, and how I perceive it is that although there were difficult times within those years, I have taken the positive from the difficulties and made a new and better life .... my art then is the completion of those years and if I do manage to create something then I will have closed the circle and that's a good thing :D