The Feeling That Comes And Goes

Please excuse the radio silence this week. The silly part is that the last post was about taking an Internet free day and I've not posted since.

Internet Free Day was great, by the way. Though I did have movies on all day (and finally watched the Austin Powers series - mom, you were wrong; they are hilarious), I got the things done that I intended to, without the need to "check on things" every so often. It was great - and I plan to do it more often.

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But, starting near the beginning of the month, I've just been...off. And I'm not sure how to explain it.
I've been needing to write more (which is fun, sure, but always means something is "up") and have taken to more arty-things (which really means something is "up", because I'm not normally arty).
And, of course, I've been enjoying it, as I normally do. But most of the time, it will pass and that will be that.

Except now, I don't want it to pass. I like doodling and dinkin' around with colors and drawing bad drawings and such. I've always liked it - that's why I have a jillion crayons (yes, I am 24 years old and own this for my own enjoyment). And I lament not using them more. I should use them more.
So now, how does one continue in that arty mindset, when it normally only shows up when things are rough? If you have the answer to that, please let me know, because I haven't found it yet.

But I've come to at least a concession. For now, something, once a day. That's all. It can be small and simple, or there can be a few doodles, or a larger page (and by larger I mean a full page in my 5.5x8.5 ARC Notebook so not that big).
We'll see how long it lasts. And more than likely it will fizzle out, just like everything I do.
I've even tried watercoloring, and man is that fun! But, I've done watercolor before, and was never any good at it and never did more than one or two "pictures" with it and gave up. Or moved on. Or however is best to say that I didn't do it anymore because I was unimpressed with myself, and the mood passed.

However, for the moment, however long it lasts, I will love it and embrace it and enjoy making some things on paper. And while it won't be amazing, it will be what I want of it, and that's kind of cool, right?

~Havok