This morning the blank page is staring back at me – me with my blank mind.  The cat begins to cry.  The one dog that is allowed to roam the house ahead of the others tip taps through the living room looking for something to chew.  I stare more.  Nothing.  

I’m currently reading a book about getting creative work done.  It’s called Mind Management Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters.  It says you need to be in the right state of mind to get stuff done, especially creative stuff.  I’m definitely not there this morning.  But I’m at the part where the book is telling me how to cultivate that right state of mind.  Maybe I should skip the rest of this morning’s writing and read to find out how.