2am and all is well

its two in the morning and jessie the collie is sighing in the background wondering when all will shut down for the night, she has been here for the past week now and is still not getting the hang of living with an insomniac workaholic who doesn't sleep in the day time either, poor soul.





For me, its an egg sandwich, a change of the music and wind down now as the days work comes to an end, all painted out, eyes tired from the computer seeing as how I lost my glasses, the 30th pair this year, invite list for the February show growing and shrinking, unanswered questions about the poster, the invite cards and the million and one things that there seems to need to be done, how does anyone ever have time to work before they retire, how does anyone have the time to retire when they do get there!





tip tapping on the window at the moment is a mixture between rain and some cold looking slushy stuff, looking out onto the flagstones in the yard it looks black and oily, a portent for disaster if it chooses to freeze later in the night, worst still if the forcasted snow falls on top. already on the pavements are the footsteps of yesterdays peoples, frozen in time a fresh fall will make it trecherous on foot or in a vehicle but, it matters not, an artists work is never done.

The Ducks are happy, like me they have

nothing better to do than to enjoy the weather

the snowfall and inclimate weather is expected to be short, if it continues to tick all my creative boxes it will all have to be taken on board I will be back out in it, dog in tow by around 7 in the morning to see what my camera will bring home for me by way of inspiration. it is not just the fresh snow that transforms the familiar into something new and clean, it is the transition as all returns to normal that must be captured aswell in some medium or another, who knows what the creative juices will find, maybe I will just have a lie in until Jessie wants to go out, it matters not for the world will unfold as it pleases.

For the now, peace and harmony reigns, who knows what tommorrow will bring but that is for tomorrow, until then I am in the 'now' and it is the now that is important, to reflect on the past or the future is merely the ego calling out for some attention, there is no room for ego in an artists life, just the creation, the now.