I am writing this entry today instead of yesterday as I was simply too busy to have time then. I had hoped to enter some photos of my recent works, but have spent far too long struggling with a computer glitch that first slowed everything down dramatically and then would not allow me to move photos from my photo file to my blog! Oh how technology can both enhance and frustrate! I am steadily working on my big project, and it is encouraging to see it "grow." Estimating how much I accomplish in a day, I do not know if I will finish on time, or not. Still, I have decided to continue, believing the finished work will be worth the effort, even if it does not make it into the planned exhibit. The hard part for me is that I like to move back and forth between projects. A particular aspect of one piece can stymie me for a while, or if I am (as now) doing repeats of a component that needs to be multiplied many times, it is helpful, and stirs my creative juices more, if I can move to something simpler, in more vibrant colors, or merely entirely different, allowing me to return to the original project with fresh eyes and energy. Working so close to a deadline, this far away in time, I am trying to put all of my creative time into this one project, and that can make it stale. I've divided the project itself into components and that helps. I have worked on deadline many times and appreciate its motivating capacity, but I will just have to take it one day at a time. If the work at hand becomes so monotonous as to make me put off doing it, that will be time to take respite in another work, if only for an afternoon or two, and if I need to do so, it will bring me back with renewed energy.