Spending time in the studio is important — even if I don't make any art.

It's about discipline and making a creative space in ones mind. My artgirl gave me this book to read. That's it on the coffee table in my studio. I don't read fast, not under any circumstances, and this is no exception.

I've been savoring these little snippets of conversation with David Hockney. I'm intrigued by his self motivation —his inner drive. He has to make art.

I strive to be in that place but my other reality interrupts it. I get closer and closer.