"Another thing is to spend as much time as possible each day ‘unplugged’. I personally have my phone set to not make any noises then, when I choose to, I look to see if there is anything that requires my attention." Great advice. I also keep my phone on silent unless I'm expecting something urgent or important. I also like your image of the pond and looking beneath the surface.
"Another thing is to spend as much time as possible each day ‘unplugged’. I personally have my phone set to not make any noises then, when I choose to, I look to see if there is anything that requires my attention." Great advice. I also keep my phone on silent unless I'm expecting something urgent or important. I also like your image of the pond and looking beneath the surface.
Thanks for responding Jeffrey. I was starting to wonder, there hasn't been any response to anything for a few days. Since I have been working pretty hard on this substack project the last few months getting it populated. I do check on it pretty regularly but except for that, I might go a couple of days without even checking my mail. I personally really like the many hours a day that I am able to work in my studio undisturbed. As a visual artist in galleries there is the occasional 'art emergency' that needs to be dealt with, some client realizes they have a blank wall that needs to be filled or something. But otherwise, at my age as an old guy I finally get to spend most of my time in peaceful solitude. That's when you really appreciate not having a bunch of chatter in your head to deal with. Just keeping the studio quiet doesn't help much if your mind is always making needless noise or your heart is always in a stormy state. "Quiet please! I'm fishing here!"
"Just keeping the studio quiet doesn't help much if your mind is always making needless noise or your heart is always in a stormy state." That feels so true!
As for not getting many responses recently, I find Substack has its lulls, just like the universe.
"Another thing is to spend as much time as possible each day ‘unplugged’. I personally have my phone set to not make any noises then, when I choose to, I look to see if there is anything that requires my attention." Great advice. I also keep my phone on silent unless I'm expecting something urgent or important. I also like your image of the pond and looking beneath the surface.
Thanks for responding Jeffrey. I was starting to wonder, there hasn't been any response to anything for a few days. Since I have been working pretty hard on this substack project the last few months getting it populated. I do check on it pretty regularly but except for that, I might go a couple of days without even checking my mail. I personally really like the many hours a day that I am able to work in my studio undisturbed. As a visual artist in galleries there is the occasional 'art emergency' that needs to be dealt with, some client realizes they have a blank wall that needs to be filled or something. But otherwise, at my age as an old guy I finally get to spend most of my time in peaceful solitude. That's when you really appreciate not having a bunch of chatter in your head to deal with. Just keeping the studio quiet doesn't help much if your mind is always making needless noise or your heart is always in a stormy state. "Quiet please! I'm fishing here!"
"Just keeping the studio quiet doesn't help much if your mind is always making needless noise or your heart is always in a stormy state." That feels so true!
As for not getting many responses recently, I find Substack has its lulls, just like the universe.