I came back last week end from a 10 day meditation retreat, and I have to say it was very, very difficult. Waking up at 4AM everyday to spend 10-11 hours meditating, not allowed to talk to people until the very last day. It's a bit early still for me to know what exactly I will reap from it, though I know something down there has changed, and I'm glad I've done it but I had a rough time. Lots of mood swings.

The hardest part was not drawing. Basically, anything that can detract your attention from your concentration is forbidden. Whilst meditating, tons of images kept creeping up into my head, often random or disturbing ones, but a lot of beautiful ones also. Lots of beautiful sunrises mainly. And there was no way for me to put them down on paper. I had to fight my own frustration. I had also been reading *ls269's amazing fanfic and got really addicted to it, and during the first few days I kept thinking about Snape all the time!! I realised I was pathetically addicted and it made me laugh at myself but at the same time I missed it so much! I am constantly thinking, so much that it often takes me an hour or two to fall asleep because my brain won't shut up, and when I get obsessed with something, well... You can imagine.

It was also really hard not to listen to any music for 10 days. I cannot describe the way I felt when I first listened to my favourite tracks on saturday, especially after having spent several days observing my own sensations, I feel I have become even more sensitive to art than before, didn't think that was possible...

So back here, I have one or two fanart ideas, amongst other things, an angsty engraving I'll print in my lino workshop at the end of next week, and a couple of drawings... All Sev and Lily... Funny that I should get so romantic about a book when I feel completely uninterested by love matters in my personal life these days (and it's a relief!). Haha. I also have a couple of ideas for original art. So a fair amount of deviations should pop up during the next two or three weeks

I also wanted to say [cheesy mode on] I'm glad I started posting things on DA, I wasn't sure how it would go, but I like it here, and the few exchanges I had with people made me really happy, so I think I'm going to stick here for a while... I'm mostly thinking of Snape fans here , thank you for your really sweet comments, and thank you *northangel27 for your contest which was the greatest way for me to get started here!! . [/cheesy]