Well, I wish I could say here that I have been so busy the last few days that I couldn't even find a few minutes to post. I meant to be busy, but post show meltdown has set in and I am floundering a bit in the studio. I did two underpaintings last week that are still just sitting there and I did manage to do about six new underpaintings yesterday, but that's about it. I could be putting paint on the big ones, but don't feel like it, I could be trying to figure out what to do about my computer, but don't feel like it, I could clean out and reorganize my kitchen cabinets, vacuum up the pet hair, go grocery shopping or get started on the paperwork I promised myself I would get to this month, but don't feel like doing any of those things either.
See? No matter how aware I am of what is happening, the good stuff throws me off my game. I am going to try again tomorrow, though, and hold off on totally freaking out about the loss of my mojo for at least a few more days.
PS. I haven't been totally inactive, I have gotten back into my (almost) daily 3 mile walk and I have been keeping up with the latest on Britney.
PPS. Am having trouble posting images today. Sorry.
7 comments:
We all have those times Tracy....I'm just coming out of mine which seemed to have lasted far too long. Initially I thought it would never end but it does. This is probably just your time to take it easy.
Lol....keepin' up with Britney is a fulltime job!!
Seriously though...I am very familiar with the doldrums and the ho-hums.
Dean
"the good stuff throws me off my game"--I don't think that is really what's happening.Try thinking "I am basking in the glow of my recent successes, taking time to savor my accomplishments, before I continue into the next phase" Doesn't that feel better? It's OK to take a break--you deserve it!
Christine
Tracy, I think your work is truly awesome and if it had been my show I would have had to admit to feeling a bit of post-exhibition fright that I had managed to do all that. So I'm not surprised you feel this way. Don't worry lass, you'll get back into it as sure as eggs is eggs.
Britney! I know...and then there's Jamie Lynn.....
Every artist has some times where inspiration slows, but it always passes.
You've just done a successful show and put a lot of creative, emotional and physical energy into that process. This is your body's way of letting you wind down a bit.
Take advantage of it. The next painting is just around the corner.
Hi Melody, I know we all have these times, keeping so much energy going is really impossible, I suppose.
Hi Dean, I know, talk about being a mess, that poor girl.
Christine, I appreciate what you are saying and I agree that I should just enjoy it, but I also know myself well enough, to know that a lot of positive feedback doesn't always help me. I get complacent. So it's just something I try to stay aware of.
Sheila, thanks and you are exactly right, it is a bit overwhelming, but I also know it will pass.
Gary, oh geez, I hope we don't have to see and hear about everything her sister does too. Cripes!
Thanks Jeanette, I know I will get back to it, just hope it's a bit sooner rather than later:)
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