(total time today working on actual bowls: 1 3/4 hours)
The actual work was pleasant and good. But I learned for sure that starting in the morning is better. This morning we had a cold spell - 40 degrees F. in the studio when it's been a pleasant 50 degrees or warmer. I went down first thing, but decided to come back up to the cabin office to do some computer work while the acetylene warmed up. (I warm the acetylene tank with a quartz heater in winter.)
I did accomplish some challenging computer work for a client. It was nice to earn some money to help pay for the paint that was delivered today. But I could clearly feel the difference between "post-computer" energy and "fresh morning" energy. After doing the computer work for two hours or so, my shoulders were tense and my mind felt sort of frayed. This didn't make studio work impossible, but the difference in state of being was easy to discern.
So - studio work first is clearly the way to go, cold mornings or not. Of course once the weather really warms up, I'll have even more incentive to start in the morning. When the day gets hot, around 80 degrees F., I really have trouble getting myself to light a fire. It actually helps to hide all the thermometers then so I can't see them! But that's a challenge for later. Recently I've had ideal temperatures for working with hot iron.
My mind still feels a little frayed from computer work. Did some more late afternoon. Did more after supper, then got myself to stop. I want to wake up thinking about bowls I'm making, not about websites and databases. When I do too much computer work, I dream about it. Now that really gets tiresome. Even in the dream I'm dimly aware that all the work I'm doing isn't really "going into the computer." But I'm working away at the keyboard all night anyway. Exasperating. So right now I'm going to shift into Art Mind.
8:29:44 PM 
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