As hard as it is to let go of the art, (I could tweak things for another 6 months,) I will be glad to send the last one off and take a bit of a breather before I dive into the final art for my next book, Petunia Goes Wild.
I find the best opportunity for creative thinking is when I am not focused on being productive. When my brain is idle ideas tend to pop up. Generally a thing rushes in to fill the nothing.
It makes sense that I should incorporate some brain-meandering time in my daily schedule. Sort of a mental flaneur period.
Yet even though I know it is usually wonderfully productive, who could put "2:00 - 3:30: Nothing." on their calendar?
Seems un-American somehow.
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I had a friend who had a way of carving out time for nothing. He would make an appointment (on his calendar) to meet with himself. That way if anyone wanted to horn-in on his time of numbness he would tell them, "Oh sorry, can't possibly, I have an appointment with myself." That usually cleared the area.
Richard, I make appointments with myself and then don't show up!
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