I thought I'd tried everything, but this morning I found a new technique. I had waked up to an alarm clock earlier than usual, with the idea of getting ready to take advantage of hot weather coming. Cool room temperature helps when working with hot iron, so morning hours are precious.
But I was too sleepy to take hold. Finally I decided that if I was that sleepy after two cups of coffee, I'd just go back to bed. So I went back to the cabin and lay down. I gave myself permission to sleep as long as I wanted.
I didn't go back to sleep, but it felt wonderful to be lying down. I was in that dozing haze that's a fertile creative state. After a while I suddenly had the urge to do something - to cut ovals. This isn't something on my studio to do list, but I could feel that it was the next thing to do. I felt energy and enthusiasm and got right up to do it.
So this is my new technique: the Lie down till you want to do something technique. Dagwood had it right all along. For those of you who didn't grow up reading Dagwood and Blondie comics, Dagwood was a goofy looking husband who was always sneaking naps instead of fixing things around the house. He ignored his to do lists.
With this lying down technique, I won't need a to do list. That would save paper filing time too. Maybe even save a few trees over the rest of my lifetime.
2:48:02 PM 
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