The first example is understanding the idea of creative impulses. All artists have light bulb moments and also some form of writers block. The latter can be frustrating. Weeks can go by without feeling like I have one new creative idea. The trouble with creative impulses is once you get them, you want to work on it RIGHT NOW! This does a little to explain why dinner sometimes gets delayed in my house! I have taken to writing ideas down when I get them, but to me, they always feel like delicate birds fluttering overhead and if I don't catch them they will fly away and never return. The above pictured necklace was the result of one such creative impulse. This one conveniently struck let Thursday afternoon right before spring break. Right before kids being home from school and a holiday road trip was when I finally had a new idea for how to incorporate these beautiful Victorian Buttons into a design I like. If you are a creative person, you can probably relate to the crabbiness of having an idea and not being able to work on it RIGHT NOW! If you are living with a creative person, this may explain to you the odd work hours they keep, stealing away a few hours on the weekend to work on something they needed to do RIGHT NOW! So, be patient with your artist. Understand that if he/she has cocooned into their studio or creative space, they are just trying to catch those fleeting creative impulses while they can!
