I lost my spark....again.
My show this past weekend went well so far as having a booth partner went. Business can always be better however, but it was acceptable for the crowd we didn't have. It was a long, very hot four days and I saw my first person to fall into the river. I'm not sure if the man tripped on something, or if his little boy ran in front of him, causing him lose balance and fall in. The river isn't very deep, so that's no big deal but the embarrassment for him probably was.
So now I am trying to get into production mode for my next show and it's very hard for me to do this at times. Usually all my inspiration comes a day or two before I go to a show when there's not enough time to create all the ideas I have. So I am working on a belt, something that is always a good seller for me at the next show, but the making of it is rather monotonous. I hoped that just being in the studio working with my hands would spark other ideas. So far it hasn't, but I will keep on working on mundane things until the creative spark arrives again. This weekend I will be attending an art workshop on one day and another I will go to an Art show as a visitor. I hope those days of artisitic immersion will help my sluggish brain. I feel the need to stay home and create, but sometimes one has to feed one's creativity.
So now I am trying to get into production mode for my next show and it's very hard for me to do this at times. Usually all my inspiration comes a day or two before I go to a show when there's not enough time to create all the ideas I have. So I am working on a belt, something that is always a good seller for me at the next show, but the making of it is rather monotonous. I hoped that just being in the studio working with my hands would spark other ideas. So far it hasn't, but I will keep on working on mundane things until the creative spark arrives again. This weekend I will be attending an art workshop on one day and another I will go to an Art show as a visitor. I hope those days of artisitic immersion will help my sluggish brain. I feel the need to stay home and create, but sometimes one has to feed one's creativity.


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I'm wondering if there isn't some kind of creativity vacuum going on right now. I got the same dead idea slump. Oh, well, it'll all get better soon. The weather will change - AGAIN - and it'll be Fall. Now if we can just get this cool spell to last through the last weekend's Market Day...
It sounds as if the slump is "catching". I know that once I find just that little spark, I'll be good, but it's the finding of it that's so hard at times. Let's hope for cooler weather for market on the 23rd. I don't know if this cooler snap will last, but maybe another will come through by then.
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