There is a particular painting in my studio that has been set aside for a couple of months because I had to figure it out. I had the notion of an idea of what I wanted to do, meaning I was clueless as to how to proceed.
About a week ago, maybe more, it hit me what I had to do. I got started immediately and then the obstacles all came crashing in. First there was the heat and the ants, which I will not go into because they were the least of the obstacles; then there were conversations and interruptions - I enjoyed the conversations and the interruptions, none were problematic apart from being obstacles; then came the website - this one - that I had 'abandoned' a few months after starting it, which I might just do again (so annoying) and that once I remembered it, found out I could no longer get into it, not even as a visitor. I do like a challenge but this one was particularly frustrating. I have spent the last week or so re-entering my website, finding out that because of updates the configuration had changed and the whole layout went all over the place, that what looks good on the desktop version makes no sense on the phone or tablet version and so on. It has been interesting and fun and I have learned a great deal but this was also an obstacle.
The painting, along with four or five others, stands dormant in the studio. In the evening, I have been drawing and colouring or shading because I can do that while talking and listening, and I am doing something.
Now that the website is almost 'perfect', I thought I would go back to the studio tomorrow first thing and get stuck into that painting and a couple of others.... but then I remembered the sculpture/construction I bought materials for before all these obstacles happened. So here we have it: I have to decide what I will do. The painting in the studio or the sculpture/construction outside now that the weather seems to have gone back to almost bearable - I am useless when it is over 30°C out there. We are expecting mid-twenties. I suppose I will just have to decide tomorrow what I will do, providing no other obstacles come along.
And here we have it, I just realised that tomorrow is the day I plan on going to three town halls to see into setting up an exhibition in at least one of the towns. That will gobble up most of the day but if I manage to leave early-ish, there might be some afternoon left for outside work or studio work.
So, the day after tomorrow, I have decided that I will start off outside with the sculpture/construction and if it gets too hot I will then go and work in the studio. I will avoid all social media and the phone, play the music nice and loud and just get to work. That's it, decision made: no more obstacles no matter how pleasantly distracting they might be. And now I have to find a picture for this post....
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