The problem is what to do when I am having a brain freeze in terms of ideas. Prompted by the high school senior project for my young mentee (is that a word?), I bought the stuff to solder pendants. Looking at the pendants so many other artists have for sale, I do NOT want to do the same thing. Today I pulled out my folders of papers for my collage journal (that's been dead in the water for a year) and started looking at old photographs. I tweaked, cut, doodled and made nothing. Nothing. Trying to stay attentive to the task at hand, I put on a Harry Potter movie I've seen a hundred times so that I had voices for company, but wasn't distracted. No help. I tweaked a few old photos, made a few more notes, and managed to cut two pieces of paper. Good grief. I'd like to blame my lack of creativity on the hideous green carpet we've not yet replaced (during spring break!) or the blah color on the walls I just had painted and need to repaint, but it's just being out of practice and out of my mind.
Regularly working on art has got to become a greater priority. If only my life, my schedule and the calendar were more cooperative.
