On the Subject of Creative Hiatus

Of course you’ve been wondering, “ooh, where’s Jason? I hope he’s okay”. I am fine, thanks for your concern.

It has been and, to some extent, still is a juggling act with all the doings in my life. I’m sure that most of my visitors know what it’s like to have too much on at any one time and the feeling of apathy that forms in heavy clouds just inside the frontal lobe. We live in an age, I believe, where this is just normal. The difference between us being how we deal with that and what time of the month it occurs. Perhaps. Well that’s my spoonful of cynicism, anyway.

On the lighter side of the spectrum, I’ve just been in downtime. A creative hiatus. Thinking too hard and too much. Incidentally, I stumbled upon an interesting article about not thinking at all, which could be worth a read.

Back to the matter in hand, a story. My dear mentor, Angelo, noticed I was struggling one morning in life drawing. He approached and explained to me that sometimes we have bad days (in a creative context), and that’s okay. For every step or so forward there is a step back. During those bad times it is important to remember the frame of mind you were in when something good happened, and inevitably, something good will happen again.

Something good did happen, a drew a man. There are many things in this drawing that I am proud of and that remind me I can often do what I believe I can. So enough whining about the juggling, I’m going back to work.

It’s good to be back! Oh, and welcome to 2011!