January 19, 2019 - So, here we are again. Snow piling outside as the wind howls around the windows. Apparently the days are already lengthening, though seem to be doing their best to hide it. Everything has been very grey for a very long time. That time of year. In some of my previous ramblings I have tried to explain the - for want of a better word - techniques of my trade. If I tried again to unravel such mysteries, I feel that, haphazard as those techniques are, I would run the risk of repeating myself and causing weary sighs even amongst those of you out there who are drawn to such mysteries. Equally, I feel reluctant to burden you too much with homespun philosophies about the creative spirit and all the soul searching baggage that goes with…