Lockdown

I think I always thought that if I had unlimited time and did not have to go to work every day I would definitely do more lino printing. Lockdown has been that opportunity as I have officially been furloughed and am also at home. Turns out there is more to creativity than just having extra time. Seems I work better under pressure and with less time, not more! That way I do it when I really want to and ‘really squeeze the lemon dry’. Nothing worse it seems to me, than trying to be creative because you ought to or because you need to fill the time somehow. It still needs a desire, the thrill of a new view, the opportunity to let your mind drift, to dream a little. Maybe my head space is just a bit too cluttered right now with thoughts of the future, the extra mouths I am feeding or how long it will take me to do the shopping, groan.