tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post2937855891628988441..comments2018-10-12T02:26:32.044-07:00Comments on A fallow blooming: Dry spellAngela Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039428389406819768noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post-38251557440255514722009-08-24T11:38:22.298-07:002009-08-24T11:38:22.298-07:00"I have a sense of mentally flailing around, ..."I have a sense of mentally flailing around, looking for anything that might trigger the start of the process."<br /><br />I know the feeling so well. You're not alone, Angela.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07747839768257543728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post-5652329871105676422009-08-18T12:43:17.448-07:002009-08-18T12:43:17.448-07:00Thanks Pat & Marybeth.
I know it will return s...Thanks Pat & Marybeth.<br />I know it will return so I'm not panicking (well maybe a tad as I will be enrolling for the PhD soon). I am used to letting things brew in my hind brain and don't worry too much if I can't actually write; I have to work that way because of all the other things that eat my time. I just really don't like it when there is nothing that I'm aware of brewing back there. It will pass.Angela Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039428389406819768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post-15233418487528799392009-08-18T06:46:44.111-07:002009-08-18T06:46:44.111-07:00I try not to fight these fallow periods and just l...I try not to fight these fallow periods and just let them happen. Sometimes I find a new, totally out of character topic to read about and explore, or do something I wouldn't usually do, just to shake things up. Then I journal about these new things...not with any expectations of poems, but just observations, silliness, doodles. It IS hard, but productive in its way. Good luck...and try to enjoy it.Marybethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779687618656443087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post-77833739532757916112009-08-16T23:52:45.818-07:002009-08-16T23:52:45.818-07:00I think whatever your craft, there are down time...I think whatever your craft, there are down times. I think of them as gathering times now, times when you stuff thoughts in your pocket for later. One of my first mentors told me when I was still working,juggling a complicated life and lamenting having little time for art that I should "remember that one doesn't have to be at an easel to paint... to see and save, to think about what you've seen, let it nag at you a while before you begin".<br /><br />I suspect your muse is weary, too...after this great year you two have had! <br /><br />She'll be back soon. : )<br /><br />PatPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494762359928682626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post-45685186864660727602009-08-16T23:52:27.973-07:002009-08-16T23:52:27.973-07:00Thanks for commenting, both :)
I'm not thinkin...Thanks for commenting, both :)<br />I'm not thinking about a book - it's far too soon and I want to let 'Occupation' have its day before I think about another (though the disseration portfolio is about half a book). I think 3 - 4 years is a good space between books.<br /><br />I just loathe the feeling of not having something brewing in my hind brain. Normally, there is always something there that I can take out and poke at, to see if it's ready for writing yet. I know it will come back and I think I probably need a fallow period - but I don't like it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154434907345178584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post-23506897772337423842009-08-16T22:11:26.448-07:002009-08-16T22:11:26.448-07:00Just enjoy it, Angela!Just enjoy it, Angela!Danish doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020527943859347043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6863394571785344264.post-84699871683614130892009-08-16T18:35:14.917-07:002009-08-16T18:35:14.917-07:00Don't worry about it. What matters is quality,...Don't worry about it. What matters is quality, not quantity.<br /><br />Everyone seems to think they need to publish a book a year. If it were more like a book every five years, wouldn't the books be better?Ivana Dashemoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399972716949347790noreply@blogger.com