tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post4944625465211541877..comments2024-02-27T11:44:37.001+00:00Comments on Charlton Stitcher: New Year BluesCharlton Stitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-72718440626521612432017-01-08T18:43:22.091+00:002017-01-08T18:43:22.091+00:00Your energy has been a pleasure to see you your bl...Your energy has been a pleasure to see you your blog, Connie. It is inspiring! And I think you've maybe hit on a good approach for the future - the deliberate leaving of something appealing (important!) to come back after an exciting time away. The tidying of my studio is indeed necessary so I will get round to that too ... and maybe I'll throw out those horrible UFOs and clear both head space and real estate (I like that image). Thanks as always, Connie. Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-91675074962073533412017-01-08T16:34:16.265+00:002017-01-08T16:34:16.265+00:00Most new years have begun with the blues for me, a...Most new years have begun with the blues for me, as well. This year however, after the inspiring change in direction I took in early December, I've started 2017 off with a bang that doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon. Might I suggest cleaning or reorganizing your studio for an inspiring boost. Always works for me. Regarding UFOs, especially the ones you'll never get back to, just get rid of them! They're just taking up psychic space, as well as real estate in your studio. Have a wonderful new year. I know you'll be back to creating soon. Hugs.Cate Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079028386218370915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-602888779854692012017-01-08T13:12:04.149+00:002017-01-08T13:12:04.149+00:00Going off somewhere sunny and warm sounds very inv...Going off somewhere sunny and warm sounds very inviting right now. It's something we have often done, but not this year as our travel is scheduled for later in the year. I have a suspicion anyway that it would probably only delay the doldrums as I think my problem is that I'm not good at anti-climax - at returning to the normal and ordinary after the exciting and different! Your description of 'fiddling about with stuff' is my usual solution ... and then of course there's blogging. Just writing this post seemed to help me focus.Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-24704532523165991782017-01-08T13:03:21.164+00:002017-01-08T13:03:21.164+00:00I didn't claim to have no UFOs!! In fact I hav...I didn't claim to have no UFOs!! In fact I have a special species of UFO ... things that were learning experiences and that I never finished and know I never will because doing them showed me the process was not to my taste. I have lots of those ...!Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-3749693609456766662017-01-08T12:59:11.896+00:002017-01-08T12:59:11.896+00:00Fortunately, my motivation always has returned ......Fortunately, my motivation always has returned ... so far. It is a problem I have after long holidays away too. Perhaps it is something to do with switching my focus. Diving into sketchbooks and photo archives certainly seems to help. <br /> Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-9854603382753032762017-01-08T12:56:48.917+00:002017-01-08T12:56:48.917+00:00Sounds like you have far more reason to feel down ...Sounds like you have far more reason to feel down than I do! I hope you find your way through. Charlton Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052815242463837033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-35663549584844738092017-01-08T11:54:48.917+00:002017-01-08T11:54:48.917+00:00I have a good friend who like you gets the post-Fe...I have a good friend who like you gets the post-Festive blues. She usually goes off somewhere warm and sunny for a couple of weeks which often inspires her. But I always prefer sticking with my own knitting, so to speak. I think that fiddling about with stuff: looking at previous ideas, scribbling in a sketchbook, etc. usually leads out of doldrums, even if through a path of initially discarded projects to something positive and enthusing.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-52674441053319965612017-01-08T08:36:20.494+00:002017-01-08T08:36:20.494+00:00You must be the only person out there in blogland ...You must be the only person out there in blogland with no UFO list to start the New Year! How lovely to have time to play with sketchbooks and photographs. I do need a definite goal though - something to work towards. We go away every Christmas and I am always itching to get back home and start creating. Your photographs are great sources of inspiration. xxLinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406333686298786963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-4590252459245634062017-01-08T03:06:46.967+00:002017-01-08T03:06:46.967+00:00I'm actually ready to stick my toe in, after t...I'm actually ready to stick my toe in, after the success of that last "gift" piece I finished right at the end of 2016. After a year of so much illness and lack of inspiration or drive, it awakened something in me, I think, a memory of why I work with textiles, why I do any of this at all. I don't have a specific direction but I don't feel I need one. (Also doesn't hurt that I'm physically feeling a lot better at the moment.) All I need is to unearth some workspace in a terribly disarrayed studio!<br /><br />Glad your musings, revisiting of sketchbooks and playing have helped chase the blues away a bit. It will come. :-)The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1995249205815458488.post-56043313468039873222017-01-07T21:45:28.156+00:002017-01-07T21:45:28.156+00:00I too am at a loss after vacation and being sick. ...I too am at a loss after vacation and being sick. Now a blizzard.Roberta Warshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869094383053871169noreply@blogger.com