I have never felt that I was affected by the season, as far as my mental health went, but this year I sure felt it. January had some very difficult weeks to get through. The pressure of 3 firings coming up and not much work to put in wasn't helping and my creative flow was nil. I just couldn't get it together. Then my wonderful mentor, friend and boss Stephen Mickey let me take an hour from work and watch a DVD of Phil Rogers from Wales. Then Stephen told me to take a bag of recycled clay and make a bunch of Yunomis to donate to our ceramic club. I sat at the wheel and with each ball of clay I could feel the clouds in my head clearing and a little creative juice flowing.
Thank you Stephen for getting me out of my head and giving me an assignment so I didn't have to try to think to hard.
