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Away and Back

A hummingbird from one of my favorite research materials: over-sized books of animals. I have collected a lot of books for the purpose of drawing and painting. Over the years, I have also collected a great number of sketchbooks, pads of paper, paintbrushes, and paint. Sitting down and making use of all these materials feels...right.

I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the way I work and about the space in which I work. All this week, I have been getting up when my alarm goes off the first time without hitting the snooze button three or four times - that time has gone toward some simple sketches and reading. It is still tough to break my procrastination habit; but I am beginning to identify the things that make it so persistent in the first place.

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