The Night is Mine

I have tried to go to bed earlier all my life.  Finally when I hit my thirties I realized it wasn't working.
I paint and play music by myself at night a lot.  I have a balcony that overlooks the street and I usually keep the door to it open at night when I paint.  I've learned to take frequent breaks while I
paint and I will stand on the balcony and stare at the night sky.  I play music and stare at the different sky formations that each night brings.  My favorite music right now to do this to is Tv on the Radio and I like when the moon is out and the clouds are moving fast.  Late at night most people are home sleeping or watching television and the neighborhood is finally mine alone.   I don't feel alone at all while I paint and watch the sky and I feel the whole atmosphere tie together and weave the background for my work.  It's at night when I can become most inspired and can detect  the fine line where the divine sleeps and where I am awake.  Impressions are subtle yet always there ready to aid.  I still wish sometimes that I were a "morning" person because the day lends itself so that I could get a lot of things done.  But my best works are usually created late when the town has been sleeping for hours and music is drifting through my balcony door into the night:)