Post #641191 by Captain Jack on Wed, Jun 20, 2012 8:44 PM

That's what all artists go thru ..... Like most, I have 3 tikis in progress most of the time ... I look at them every day and something just 'sparks' in my mind that tells me to do this or do that and the next thing I know, I'm full chisels into something that's been sitting for weeks or months...

It's no different than any intellectual craft... sometimes the creative is there, sometimes it's not .... In addition to carving, I also write novels. I have various stages of 4 books going right now and can't remember when I last typed a word on any of them .... if it ain't there, it just ain't there! Of course, I blame my obsession with tiki carving as my excuse for not writing, but what the hell ....

..... so keep an open mind when you look at your work ..... you'll see the spark and maybe you won't ... if you do then you'll plow into it like nobody's business! I've seen and admired your work, you are a great artist ..... you can't force creative ... either it's there or it isn't .... Yours is there, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but it's there ... and you will find it again and you'll be choppin your ass off when it 'sparks'!

.... we will wait anxiously to see your latest masterpiece!

Have a Great Tiki Day!