Sometimes We All Get the Blues
Thank you Artella. Thank you Eric Maisel. And thank you,
all of those bloggers who admit to periods of depression and the
"blues". I have almost stopped creating lately, and I certainly
let my blogging sit on the back burner for a few months. When I
am depressed, writing is the first thing I let go. Not eating,
mind you. I have to be incredibly depressed to give up
sweets. But pen to paper, or keyboard to computer, that is
another story. I do still read and and Artella reminded me of
Eric Maisel and his many wonderful books. I own several and
certainly one of the best is The Van Gogh Blues. So I searched
through my generous collection of books (I buy books when I am
depressed...retail therapy) and now I am reading it again. The
other thing I have done 
to
help myself is to get rid of my collection of Solitaire games on the
computer. Anyone else hooked on Freecell? Then you know how much
time can be wasted mindlessly playing computer games until the wee
hours until your eyes cross or vision goes blurry. Nothing wrong
with computer games unless they become an obsessive way of avoiding
everything else. So now I am experiencing withdrawl symptoms, but
after a few more days I will be fine. The picture with this
posting was my way of dealing with my blue period in a creative
way. Thank you flea market photo and Photoshop.