From the Sublime to the Mundane back to the Sublime

There are some people who love to lie on the beach and relax when they go on vacation.  I am not one of those people.  I have been blessed with more than my fair share of vacation time from work this year (even though it never feels like enough).  Only once did I lie on a beach while Mom and I took turns swimming in the Sea...  On the Chinque Terra.

This last week I spent at Esalen in a workshop with Johnsmith and 19 other like minded songwriting souls.  It is amazing what happens when I give myself permission to create.  I have one new song which will make it on my CD, 3 co writes and a couple of other things sang into my iPhone late at night that have possibility.

I have been trying to work out what the difference is between this blissful authentic state and my daily, weekly, ordinary life.  How can I bring one into the other.

I am a self confessed multitasker.
I probably came out of the womb with a mental to do list.
I am currently
writing this blog,
scanning "dancing with the stars",
cooking dinner,
doing dishes,
unpacking,

doing laundry,

dowloading cd's
editing photo's
This is not unusual.  

Other things on my todo list

read the 2nd Dexter novel,

study a book on mail order businesses

Oprah quiz on how to find your true calling

writing up lyrics from last week,

looping a song snippet in garageband,

playing at least 5 minutes on my new baby Taylor

Writing 3 pages (Artists way)

Cutting things out of magazines

sorting through old journals and photo's
exercise
call my mom

Everywhere I look here there is something to do
dishes,
bills,
cleaning,
sorting
moving furniture to replace carpet from a leak
returning emails,
checking facebook,
finding a green radley bag for my mom on eBay,
booking flights for Xmas trip
arranging a trip to Dallas

Then there is my full - Monday to Friday day job.
Going full speed from the time I wake up till I get home about 7:30 (if I am lucky) 
The eBay/Craigslist business I am wanting to start to suppliment my income and pay for my Folk Festival habit.

If you are not exhausted by reading all of this there is a book I can suggest.
"meditations for women who do to much",
I got it as a gift and was on the 17th random page
when it was suggested that maybe I was "doing too much....."

If I was a different kind of person I would have a room where I could go and close the door and separate art/music and creativity from the everyday.

What I need is a separate place.
A coffee shop, an artist studio,
somewhere comfy and warm and away from all my STUFF.
And someone to be accountable to
a writing group, a song group.

I think that is my solution.
The day to day busy multitasking frenzy is not going anywhere anytime soon.
I can however step outside the maelstrom
and take myself out of the mundane
and at least give myself the opportunity for the sublime.

My friend Midyne read a book by Stephen King on writing.
He said that if you show up in the same place at the same time everyday
then at least the MUSE knows where to find you.
I think that this is sage advice.

So my goal this week -
is to find or create a place where I can go once a day
at the same time so my muse can find me.

Suggestions and comments welcome