Momentum is your best friend when you are doing any project — from weeding the yard to writing a book. I find momentum in different places.
If I get a phone call from the gallery saying they sold a few paintings. voila, momentum. If another artist says they want me to talk to them about their work, momentum. If I finish a painting and it turns out beautiful, momentum.
So fundamentally, anything positive gets me going.
On the other hand. momentum stops when I don’ t have a deadline. If the phone doesn’t ring. Nobody needs me to get that to them right away. People get me from Point A to Point B. I need a job, a place to go, a person to deliver to. I am not an island. Good grief, I am a city and I need my big city to thrive.
You have to know what kind of things make you move. Some people need peace and quiet and nobody calling them. Some thrive on the island. You have to figure out when you work the best.
photo by mikebaird