{"id":9013,"date":"2020-10-04T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2020-11-12T13:26:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T18:26:34","slug":"odd-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/odd-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was in the studio at 6:00 AM to prepare my palette. I had to scrape-down the entire surface. Most mornings I take a pause to gather my thoughts before starting to paint, but yesterday I plunged right in. I couldn’t wait to pick up the brush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things were going great when I put down the brush to study my work. Blah! Awful. I wasn’t seeing anything. I resolved to continue and pushed on but things eventually bogged-down entirely. Finally, I wiped off the morning’s work. A morning’s work wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read more<\/span>Book Thief<\/span><\/a><\/div>

I had some coffee and tried to shake it off. Some days are just bad days. When I was younger, I would have shutdown the studio for the rest of the day and looked for something useful to do. I have learned a few tricks over the years and know how to work around problems. So I kept painting as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I put down the brush at the end of the day, I took a final look before taking the painting off the easel. I was shocked by what I saw. Not bad, actually pretty good. I got a lot done while arguing with myself about the earlier blowup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>My Prison Studio<\/span><\/a><\/div>

The muse has its fun, eh? The muse rules; sometimes I am allowed to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo shows my palette after a day’s combat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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