<\/p>\n

The studio has been stagnant lately. We’ve been steadily doing repairs and plugging away on cool commissions, but the muse must be sleeping.<\/p>\n

I know that if the muse didn’t nap from time to time, I’d probably be exiled or buried by now. The constant thrill of surging creativity would just simply be too much to bear. However, I still don’t like the dark.<\/p>\n

This recurrent phenomenon just happens. Over the years, I’ve learned to just weather it. Keep on moving, hopefully forward. But, fortunately, there are a few little things that I’ve noticed that are helpful.<\/p>\n

CHANGE. Change. change.<\/p>\n

Yes, it is the one constant. And there seem to be two types: the change that is circumstantial or the result of choices other people make, and the change that I create for myself — the change I choose. But either way, resisting change is foolish. It’s not going away.<\/p>\n

So, while the muse is sleeping and the studio feels stagnant, and I find myself becoming stagnant as well, I know it’s time to change something. Choose it.<\/p>\n

Now, don’t take my pillow. I don’t want to change that. But, let’s move the table. It will work in this corner. Let’s reverse our routine – get the paper before I start brewing the coffee. Put a box of colored pencils beside the doodle pad, and get rid of the blue ink.<\/p>\n

My friend, David LaMotte<\/a>, wrote a song about change.<\/p>\n

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KEEP THE CHANGE by David LaMotte<\/p>\n
Maybe twenty years ago now
\nYou were waiting tables and wiping chairs
\nHe never looked up from his menu
\nLike you weren’t even there
\nYou just knew that he would stiff you
\nSo put together and self-absorbed
\nHe slapped a fifty on the ticket
\nAnd he muttered these few words<\/p>\n
There isn’t much you get to keep
\nHere’s a little tip
\nKeep the change<\/p>\n
So this morning you were driving
\nIt came screaming through your head
\nHow nineteen turned to forty
\nLike yellow turned to red
\nHow waitress turned to mother
\nHow love bug turned to van
\nHow that money turned to nothing
\nWhen he put it in your hand<\/p>\n
(repeat chorus)<\/p>\n
Just a rich guy in a diner
\nLeft a bad joke with his bill
\nThe cash was gone by Sunday
\nBut the words are ringing still<\/p>\n
Now you’re crouching in the front yard
\nWith your fingers in the ground
\nThe weeds keep pushing up
\nWhile your own body’s slowing down
\nDon’t waste your breath on wishing
\nNo need to raise your voice
\nChange is always optional
\nIf dying is a choice<\/p>\n
(repeat chorus)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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