holy craps

man. i have been sick for a very long time. i had not quite recovered from my mystery virus when last weekend i came down with some kind of bacterial infection that gave me the world's worst sore throat and now i'm on antibiotics. i am finally feeling a little better, but still have absolutely no energy. hence...no new art.

the other day my good friend jacob and i were talking about inspiration. the creative type. i was talking to him about how i want to paint/draw/write more but that i can't think of subject matter anymore. i decided that the reason behind this is that i'm completely happy in my life right now. i have an amazing boyfriend and we have an amazing life together. so happy. when i was more depressed/confused/poor/etc i always had something to complain about and something to inspire great artwork. now that i'm happy i feel like my head is blank. of course i'd rather be happy than have more artistic ideas....but shouldn't there be some kind of medium?

i was also thinking about going back to pencil drawing..and just drawing everyday objects for no reason other than to get myself drawing realistically again. while my art is mostly abstract, i should point out that i actually have a great deal of technical drawing skill in me...and if i want to draw a pumpkin exactly how it looks, all i have to do is sit down and do it.....but the thing is i don't do that anymore. after i graduated college there were no assignments telling me i had to do that. now i'm on my own and i haven't REALLY drawn anything in a couple years. the last thing i really drew was this more than 3 years ago.

so, who's got some inspiration for me?