I sometimes find myself finishing a piece and cleaning up the shop with no idea of what's next. I usually get caught up on yard stuff or anything else that needs doing until something happens that inspires me to start another project. As I write this I am just emerging from about a 6 day period with nothing going on in the shop. I've been thinking of doing a sculpture of a squad of soldiers marching with a little girl handing them a flower but I obviously don't want to do it enough coz I haven't started it yet. I don't have any commissioned work to do so I've been waiting.
Last night I popped in on my brother Richard for a visit. We usually hang out and talk music and slap on an album or two from the old days. I was holding a Yes album in my hands when I glanced down at a tiny drawing by the cover artist Roger Dean of a whimsical and bizarre flying machine. I instantly new that this was my next thing. It's got a music connection and it fits the science fiction / fantasy bill nicely. It'll be like nothing I've done yet and I have no idea how I'm going to make it, which is what I like the most about doing this stuff.
Tomorrow I will begin selecting the materials and processes to use to put this together. I'm happy now. I've got an art piece to make.