Work in Progress.

2012 has been such a busy year for me so far! Bill's Mom is visiting. We haven't stopped doing things every single day. Bill came back from his trip to Europe. Natalie and Diego have more homework this year so they need more support from me (they're both doing really well!).

Picture: A little advance of my latest miniature book. The title is: Visionary. I can't wait to finish it.

Everything is great except that the lights inside my head are always on. That means that I cannot sleep well because I am sooooo inspired this year! I turn off the lights in my bedroom at night so I can go to sleep but then I cannot turn off the lights inside my head. I can't stop thinking about what I want to make as soon as I have time. This sounds positive but the problem is that I wake up so tired. Getting a good sleep is very important. I need my brain to slow down at night instead of the opposite.

But I have great news! I got a super nice app for my iPad and it's really helping. It is a beautiful voice telling you all the right things so your brain can finally take it easy and let go. When I use it I fall asleep easily. Well, that's exactly the name of the app: Sleep Easily. Now I have to convince my brain to use it more often. You know how it works, sometimes you REALLY want to do something but your brain refuses to follow the plan. Making our brain do what we want will always be a work in progress :)

 

Comments

[carol gearing]

I had this problem too Elsita, its part of the creative mind, fertile and juicy. Mine is more like a spinning vortex of words than a light, with seeds of ideas and images breaking off to be planted and watered for future growth. Like you I would awake exhausted and it was as if my mind was propelling the tired physical body forward.

It wasnt until I started meditating and writing each morning in my journal, three pages minimum that my mind started to ease a little. Now this practice is daily just like brushing my teeth. I write about my ideas, and really empty my head onto the page, and this way nothing escapes ! and my body can rest assured that my creative ideas have been recorded.

I still have times when my brian is over active, but nothing that a deep breath and 30 mins meditation cannot sort out.

Sending serene thoughts

CAROL

[Elsita]

Thanks a lot Carol for sharing your experience!
I also keep a diary, I would go crazy if I didn't write in it every day. I have done it since I was about 12.
There are also the visual diaries where I draw every idea that comes to mind. I keep one in my car, one in my house
and 1 in the studio.
Meditation is the thing that I still have to master. I have been woking on it for a couple of years
since I realized that I was missing that element in my life. When I get to do just 25 minutes of meditation
I feel like a new person. My mind calms down and everything becomes more clear.
I still have to become more disciplined. My goal is to do it every single day.

[Lorena]

Elsita, me pasa lo mismo. Lo que hago es no resistir! si tengo una idea (que normalmente se enriquece y perfecciona, en lugar de desvanecerse para dejarme dormir!), lo que hago es agarro papel y lapiz y la escribo o dibujo. Eso funcionò perfectamente para mi! papel y lapiz cerca de la cama! entonces me doy permiso para dormir, sin tener miedo a olvidar esa genialidad nocturna que no me dejaba descansar. Y me pasa que las ideas nocturnas son las mejores... no las dejes ir. Leí una vez que disponemos de diez minutos antes que las ideas vuelvan al terreno de los sueños.
Por supuesto, mi marido sigue pensando que estoy un poco loca (una loca linda), pero es mejor entenderse y conocerse, que contar ovejas!
beso

[Lori Greene]

I am downloading this ap as I write this, thank you! I have serious insomnia as well, and yes it's wonderful to be so inspired and driven to work but when you are too tired to create its useless . The little book looks lovely !

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