creative diversion

I have had a big personal loss this week and am finding it hard to focus on getting some work finished so that it can be photographed for publicity flyers. Is it just me or does everyone end up creatively at their most active when faced with a looming deadline? Breakthroughs never seem to happen early on and I always seem to be busy trying to make things happen right up to the last minute! Given time I know that things will improve but time is becoming a luxury.