Mojo Flow

I often read about other artist's exercises for getting in the creative mind set. One artist does a doodle every morning on the same sheet of paper. When the paper is filled he has this wild combination of drawings that fit together even though the style and subject matter doesn't match. I sometimes sit in on a figure drawing session with some local artists. The model will do 30 second poses to help us warm up. Again, the idea being you're firing up the mojo to get it flowing. I love the doodle a day idea and promise myself that someday I will incorporate it. My problem is that I often have something on the easel that is calling out to me and I can't concentrate on a doodle. But now I have bigger problems. We are replacing our leaking, flat, garage roof. It is going to be awesome. My honey and I keep telling this to each other to lessen the sting of the outrageous cost. A dry garage will be a thrill but the awesome part will come from the huge patio the roof will become. I can already see myself painting away on the patio on a sunny day with the circling ravens and munching moose down below. But as you can see by the photo my view from the studio is anything but creative!! The scene of my plastic bubbled roof and dumpster don't inspire. Hammers, shouts from the construction crew, knocks on the door to tell me they found MORE rotten wood does nothing for mojo. NOTHING! I worked Friday afternoon on a painting that was painted over by that early evening. I have a show coming up and nothing is going right. How can it? Noise, expense stress, people in my space. Maybe that doodle page will start today.