I’m not a natural multi-tasker. In fact, even simple tasks that most people manage to combine, such as watching TV or chatting via typed conversation, I feel the need to devote my full attention to.
With this in mind, it should come as no surprise when I tell you that I haven’t been making any jewelry over the past week because I’ve been packing instead. So when I sat down to write this post I wasn’t sure how to talk about my inspirations, given that I haven’t been making anything.
It slowly dawned on me that one task, that I am excellent at combining with others, is thinking. In fact I’m almost constantly thinking, and usually about jewelry and my business and related topics. So this time away from ‘work’ is actually giving my brain a fantastic opportunity to mull everything over, assess all my options and opportunities, put together a mental ‘to do’ list for when I get back and really work out where to prioritise my time. Of course, I can’t help but be thinking about new inspirations and designs as well.
So I suppose what I’m being inspired by today and last week is reflection – the time to allow all the inspiration and stimuli that I’ve collected over the last few months or even years to slowly sink in and reshuffle and allow new thoughts to rise to the surface.
Reflections – taken in Yosemite National Park, June 2011