Back to School For Me!

So, next Tuesday the Spring semester at college starts up. I have been off for Christmas break since mid December. It's going to take some effort to get back into the swing of things. I've been having issues with inspiration and motivation when it comes to painting. It's a struggle. I guess with all of my health problems that I have been having as of late it's understandable. Right now, I'm recovering from my latest surgery; I had to have a gland removed, yay! So, anyway, I am struggling with artistic inspiration. I see inspiration all around me everyday....but when I actually get to a point where I can start creating art out of it, I lose it. Perhaps I should start bringing an art journal and an ebony pencil with me everywhere. I will have about an hour and 45 minutes between my Tuesday and Thursday classes this semester so maybe I'll spend my time focusing on my artwork, I was wondering what I should do in that time, I hate doing homework at school. I can't seem to focus on it. I am really not looking forward to going back to a strict schedule, but it's good for me. The structure helps my mind from whirling around in circles of thought. I think too much, when I'm not busy. I think about everything....and it's worse when I watch the news omg. The news just makes me depressed. I can't believe the world today, I know people have said that forever, but the cruelty of some people these days just baffles me. I tweeted today about the 9-year-old girl that died in the Tuscon, AZ. shooting the other day, and my reaction to the President's speech about the shooting itself. He mentioned that he wishes that our country could be a country that is like the ideal democracy that she imagined it was. The democracy that a 9-year-old believes in. That is much how I wish the world to be. Not a democracy per se, but idealistic in a fashion. I imagine that someday love will overcome evil...perhaps not in my lifetime, but someday.