Blah. Blah....blah....blah.....

Ever had one of those days where nothing really seemed to be exciting and you weren't motivated to do much of anything? I'm having one of those days today, and that means that I need to kick-start myself out of these blahs. Blahs are actually not horrible things to have, and everyone will have occasional days like these, but the real key is how to still stay creative through periods like this. Since I am blah, I don't want to work on any current projects. It's supposed to be raining today, so outside photography for some image references that I need for another project probably won't work well. So, I think I'll concentrate on my heraldic images that I want to etch and enamel for my panel of Lord of the Rings Houses of Note.

I have many of the sigils downloaded already, although some of the images are incorrectly aligned with the actual color and heraldic descriptions that Tolkien placed in his works. So they need to be redrawn and reconfigured to be the correct size/shape that I need, and so that I know what areas I need to etch out for the champleve. (Since I haven't been able to really conquer my gravers yet, I'll resort to etching for this.) And tomorrow, for my "day off" I'm flooded with stuff to do since I leave for Milwaukee in less than two weeks. EEEKKKK. All of a sudden my blahs are gone and I am once again in a creative (and rushed) mode. New projects and new steps for existing projects are always exciting to me. So...if the day is beautiful for your area, take some pictures or work outside for a while. If the day is rainy or "ooky", turn to some inside focus. But live a creative day!