Inspiration
Jewellery designs come to me at a rate of several per day at the moment which, considering my usual lack of inspiration in that area, is quite amazing. So, I'm sketching away, scribbling down notes, and playing around with bits of metal and all the stuff I've collected over the years to 'some day' make something from, and today I even spent several hours reorganising my workshop and even put up a new lamp there.
Of course, what I *should* be doing is writing several uni papers - not to mention all the unfinished fanfics, the beta reading, the vidding, and a thousand small-but-significant annoying Real Life things like checking and paying bills, filling in forms, etc. And the LJ catch-up game, too. (Yes, I wasn't even completely done with catching up yet, and already I've fallen behind again.)
*sigh*
Why can I only be creative when I *should* be doing something more important?
Also, I still want one of those. I think I'm going to buy one and replace my broken TV set with it. That TV hasn't been working in years and is only taking up space that could be used for something much more useful.
Addendum: What's even more amazing than the sheer amount of ideas that come to me at the moment is that these ideas are actually
- really simple to make but
- would probably look pretty impressive (if done right), and
- are probably even compatible with what other people think looks good and is wearable.
That is to say, *if* I could actually sit down and make these things, I could produce them reasonably fast yet due to them looking more impressive than they really are (from a craftsmanship viewpoint, that is) I could probably sell them for a reasonable price. Reasonable both for the customers *and* for me. So far, I've sold most of my stuff at self-exploitation rates, so this is a definite improvement. These may be the first commercially viable ideas I've had, as a jeweller.
Of course, what I *should* be doing is writing several uni papers - not to mention all the unfinished fanfics, the beta reading, the vidding, and a thousand small-but-significant annoying Real Life things like checking and paying bills, filling in forms, etc. And the LJ catch-up game, too. (Yes, I wasn't even completely done with catching up yet, and already I've fallen behind again.)
*sigh*
Why can I only be creative when I *should* be doing something more important?
Also, I still want one of those. I think I'm going to buy one and replace my broken TV set with it. That TV hasn't been working in years and is only taking up space that could be used for something much more useful.
Addendum: What's even more amazing than the sheer amount of ideas that come to me at the moment is that these ideas are actually
- really simple to make but
- would probably look pretty impressive (if done right), and
- are probably even compatible with what other people think looks good and is wearable.
That is to say, *if* I could actually sit down and make these things, I could produce them reasonably fast yet due to them looking more impressive than they really are (from a craftsmanship viewpoint, that is) I could probably sell them for a reasonable price. Reasonable both for the customers *and* for me. So far, I've sold most of my stuff at self-exploitation rates, so this is a definite improvement. These may be the first commercially viable ideas I've had, as a jeweller.