Doubt

“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Doubt creeps in

Apprehension stirs awake

An unwelcomed disturbance

 

Panic always rides shotgun

Knowing that this can linger

Rarely can one shake this off  

 

Indecision is the thief of creativity

The delay in acting

Can destroy hours of work  

gouache on paper MCS

Reviews

[keith]

exactly as i feel
your image is portrait of me!

except for no cartoon word bubble of my kinda words!!!

[MCS]

The last few weeks have been a disaster in the studio, everything I touched turn to crap. I bet you thought a thunderstorm was blowing in last Friday but I was just me swearing like a stevedore.

[keith]

seems like that at times
but when i forced myself to work on or complete a piece i took the easy out by just stopping and went and had myself a good nap
if that didn't work out i return to the studio crank the tunes sit on the couch put my feet up and listened to music
next day i might do same
i never worked on a schedule
i produced when i was good to go
sometimes it was a week other times a month or two
right now i'm building a new studio and when it is ready i'll return maybe, maybe not
i haven't been in the studio in almost 10 years
i been busy just attempting to enjoy life
and then along comes donnie noy

[Dylan Macadham]

Deftly and prophetically written, Mary, and with sad introspection read.
Funny, I recently scribbled an equation similar to this ...
a Happy Moment + Second Thoughts = Boring Sensible
HM + ST = BS (a Sum, at the time of my scribble, I hadn't intended😮)

[MCS]

“It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.” — Sofia Kovalevskaya, one of my mother's favorite sayings

[Dylan Macadham]

I searched her ...definitely a Poet in Soul.
...maybe stems from a mathematician's pursuit of the "elegant" equation, like physicist Steven Hawking.

[MCS]

Yes that's how I see these very talented people. Wish my mind worked like that.

[Dylan Macadham]

:) Clearly it does, Mary, as evident in your poetry.

[MCS]

You're very kind but a mathematician I am not.

[Dylan Macadham]

nor am I. I thought you meant poetic-wise :)

[John the Baptist]

Indeed, doubt is the parent of anxiety.

[MCS]

John, you got that right. Thank you for dropping in.