#monkey on back

        Morning of December 3, 2016. Saturday.

        Near the end of an otherwise vague dream but of which then becomes more and more vivid, I become more aware of my outdoor environment but I am not certain of any sort of backstory. The area is unfamiliar. I seem to have a false memory of either having a pet monkey or of being concerned about one in an area where it might be threatened by people.

        I walk to an area where it seems that a number of people have tipped over wooden crates and other junk onto a public walkway, which may be implied to be part of a zoo or park walkway. I somehow make my way through the narrow area. I am somewhat concerned that these people may have either scared the monkey or perhaps injured it during their foolish antics.

        I focus on the concern about the monkey. Soon, my dream intensifies with incredible clarity and enhanced touch. A monkey jumps down upon my right shoulder. I can clearly feel the pleasant weight and movement as it curls around the back of my neck and shoulders, almost like putting on a comfortable coat. I feel an enhanced sense of clarity and satisfaction. The monkey is fine and trusts me fully.

Overcast.  That says a lot but it is a good day for creative ideas and perhaps even a good a day for building designs. Needing to design and build is a challenge to me at the moment. I have to have a continual state of learning because of where I am coming from (no need to explain here). I must reach my designed schedule and try to focus on the time frames allocated for each task. My trouble is that I must learn how to operate the apps before I can use them as I need. I just finished building the temporary front for my Collection site; however, the old material is still there, thus rendering what I published no good. I am sure that my web host, Macdock, will help me solve the problem. None the less, I must learn more just to correct the problem. The apps in my Creative Cloud need updating! Ah ha, a learning experience and I really need to get back on lynda.com to continue learning so that I can catch up with where I am suppose to be. The truth is that my learning curve is a monster but I must continue to fight it and overcome this horrid monkey on my back. I have my schedule all made and it is workable and flexible. It allows time to study and try to fill in the holes in my learning curve. Part of my learning involves creating rapid washes in watercolor. These designs are part of that focus.

This is a design done in gouache in about 8 to 10 min.s.  The pencil  is an addition which was added after the completion.

This was also done quickly but more like 5 min.s

The first of these three and the open space needs to be thought about  a lot more than I gave it at the time.