I want to talk about something. And I am curious to see if any other ‘artist’ types (in whatever field and however you choose to define ‘artist’ see also: maker, creator, designer, inventor, drawer, etc…) share this experience.

During the week it increasingly came into my awareness that I have been spending a lot of time having very interesting experiences and living life (also working) and this has meant I have not spent much time making anything.

There’s a great balance between living in the present (enjoying people, connections, adventures), taking time out to reflect, and making things. A balance of all three is my happy and most functional existence. It’s like: I use great experiences to fill up my Experience Tank so I can be inspired and then feel like creating.

So anyway, I found myself getting grumpy this week and realised I was way overdue for making time. Does anyone else get this? To explain it to non-creative types, it is a bit like the feeling of hunger when you haven’t eaten properly all day and then suddenly you realise you’re starving. That’s what this is like, almost a slightly desperate feeling to CREATE. SOMETHING.

So today, I spent time getting some scribbly watercolour paintings out.

I have to say, that desperate feeling I had this morning has been mostly alleviated, but my mind is also ticking over with some longer-term concepts I want to develop. ASAP. It doesn’t end. But it’s a beautiful and intense pull I feel to make, and there is nothing else like being engaged in the creative process.

Impressions of Ormiston Gorge. (Flies not pictured)

From a photo taken during a little road trip, this was on Namatjira Drive.

Page 27 Cafe- Such nice food! Such a cool place to sit and dream- low, dim lighting, old suitcase, chess boards, timber and rustic pieces everywhere.

View at the Old Telegraph Station, Alice Springs.