What do you call this? It's NOT "Sour Grapes"!

 "ARRRGGGHHH!!!"

Most artists you talk to will tell you there are days no matter what they do, their hands just don't move right. It feels like the more you try to correct something, the worse your drawing gets!

There was a day like that I was sketching at the park, and it seemed a carp in the pond looked up at me saying I needed to put away my things and get in an hour's swim everyday--it always made her feel better--then I think she flicked her whiskers.

I was too upset to appreciate the humor behind what she said; packed away my stuff; decided WHO WANTED TO DRAW ANYWAY?! I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TODAY!

As I got near home, I noticed a vine in a neighbor's yard, & thought it wouldn't hurt to sketch the grapes there. I couldn't draw anything else today anyway. So I wasn't too careful, just put down blobs of color, criss-crossed lines here and there...hey, that's not too bad, I said to myself, and went home with at least one drawing I didn't have to call a complete fiasco.

Don't you ever have days like that?

And aren't you glad God never gives up on us, stays with us no matter how bad it is until things do get better?