(total time today working on actual bowls: 3 1/4 hours)
Two or three times I started to get discouraged. ("Am I going around in circles? Did I just undo what I'd achieved earlier?") Caught it and reversed it by asking myself "OK, what thought would make me happy right now?" Right away I'd think of something, like "This is going to turn out fine" or "Of course I can learn to do this" or "All these pieces will end up usable in bowls." If it made me feel happy, I grabbed it and went with it. Of course the work went much better this way.
Later I remembered that I used to say "cancel cancel" when I caught what I call a "detour phrase" running through my head (or right out my mouth.) "Cancel cancel" is probably equivalent to my creativity coach's suggestion of a loud "NO!" The "cancel cancel" has more of a groove already in my brain, so I may go with that.
After studio work, had a nice trip to get an acetylene refill. I now have a friendly, helpful supplier less than twenty minutes away. This is the kind of thing that makes my dream of moving to a more isolated place a little less attractive than usual. If a big bookstore moves in that close, I might be trapped here forever. :)
4:18:13 PM 
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