Research task

Yesterday I was in my art studio and I was determined to paint. Because I feel in a dip I had promised myself to allow a lot of experiment while painting. To ensure I could get started without any distractions I enthousiastically prepared everything (paint, brushes, etc.). Then I looked at my half-finished painting and felt right away... nope, it's not going to happen today. I felt a total lack of inspiration. I strongly feel I need to change my direction in some way, but haven't figured out yet what that should be. I know I will be very excited and inspired once I know what I should do. But I also know when I don't have that exciting feeling. Painting is then almost like an ordeal.

I decided not to wait for my inspiration for long, as I knew it was not going to arrive today. So I packed everything up again and decided to task myself with a 3 month research period... yes, that 3 months, that's a long time! This ensures I don't feel in a hurry or pushed and it allows me to explore thoroughly and try different approaches.

Thinking again today about my newly given task I feel very relieved and happy... and suddenly I feel my inspiration and excitement boiling up again. It's raining cats and dogs at this moment and I feel it's a good time to go out on a stroll with my camera to try and capture the falling rain... I can already see paintings coming out of that. But oh yes... this research task will last 3 months, so no time to rush to my paint brushes.