"Listen" to the Lesson

So I'm doing a little better as far as getting things made for this weekend, but the creativity is still lost for the most part. I did get to thinking about a comment made about my previous post and watching t.v. or even having it on while trying to design.

This made me realize (finally...I had to think on it a couple of days to have this revelation) that maybe I shouldn't even be listening to my books on tape when I'm trying to create designs. I notice I become irritated when I don't quite catch a sentence or a few words of the tape if a truck goes down the street, the dogs bark, or the train blows its whistle. So that means I'm listening too hard to the books, and I'm not letting my mind be creative.

So from now on I'm going to try listening to my books only when I'm doing my mundane, repetetive work such as wire wrapping beads, or basecoating or stenciling my signs. When I'm trying to create designs, I'll listen to some real age type, right brain music. I'll see if that doesn't help me along with moving my drafting table to a more suitable location. Unfortunately, I had this brain storm after it was too late to do much about it for this weekend's projects. Next week I'll be working on signs for the Kerrville Market, so it won't matter so much.

And who knows, it might not make a bit of difference after all, but it does make a good excuse right now! At any rate, all this pissing and moaning and throwing ideas around is making me think and wonder just what sparks my creativity and what dampens it. I've been paying attention because I haven't had it ---so I when I get that spark again, I need to notice the mood.