How are you? I am so sorry for neglecting you! Everyone - those who come here and those whose blogs I visit . All is fine, I'm just stuck in a mildly obsessive work fug (panic?) at the moment; it strikes me as being a vaguely unhealthy state to be in but seems to be the only way to do things just now, and it's left me very little head space for anything else.
Feels like I'm burrowing down into my paints and pencils all day, surfacing only to eat, before curling up in bed with Tracey Thorn (nearly finished 'Bedsit Disco Queen' - excellent).
But look forward to getting through it all, taking a breather and seeing you here again soon!
x
No worries. Hope the fug lifts soon... :)
ReplyDeleteBen Watt's books are really good too.
DeleteThanks Martin and John - I'll have to curl up in bed with Ben too!
ReplyDeleteI suspected you were perhaps knee deep in paints and pencils at the moment so no worries as Martin says. I just love that you are so busy (not all the time as that would be awful) as for those in the arts, it's usually that compulsory module (joking) in Barista Training that comes in most use nowadays.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see you around once the fug has lifted. Good luck with it all.
Thanks Alyson - yes good to be busy and it should be fun but has become stressful because I'm having some crises of confidence :-( Putting so much pressure on myself and nothing I do feels good enough to me so even when I'm lying in bed waiting to fall asleep I've been trying to work things out in my mind and I realise I've been obsessing! About fifteen aborted attempts later I'm finally persevering with a painting but even then parts of it are troubling me.... and it's all up against the clock so not good. But have to keep reminding myself it's not that important in the scheme of things and get some perspective! How anyone manages to cope with a truly pressurised, responsible job I've no idea!
DeleteWill look forward to returning to normal and paying some more attention to my friends, both real and online!
Take care, C. Work fugs mess with your head.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rol, I know you've loads on your plate too, you take care as well.
DeleteThe best creative work is usually when you are fully immersed without distractions, so I don't blame you for taking a break from the blogosphere. All the best.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, yes sometimes blogging is just one distraction too many! Other times it is the perfect escape (both writing and reading others) so I look forward to it returning to that state soon hopefully.
DeleteIt's funny is n't it I have been neglectful of your blog for a few months too? Nothing to do with it's lovely in-insights and observations but life just got in the way. My daughter has left us to travel and my wife and I have moved to Cornwall and started new jobs.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny what triggers one to return to the things that one values. The trail went something like this.
Detectorists on BBC4 last night>Walk and swim at Portscatho> the nesting swallows above our back door vacated this
weekend = C & Sundried Sparrows. I doubt if this makes any sense. Good luck with the fug.
Ben
Hi Ben - it makes perfect sense! I'm incredibly touched by your comment in fact and smiled as I read your references as they all resonated of course, so thank you. (Ah, how is Portscatho, I wonder, too? So long since I've been there!)
DeleteStill a bit fuggy round these parts but getting there. Nothing in the grand scheme of things but, as you say, life gets in the way of other things like blogging from time to time.
Hope all is going well with all the changes in your life too. Thanks for following the trail here!