Hello Darkness

As the song by Simon and Garfunkel goes,  "Hello darkness, my old friend."  A user-friendly name for insomnia.  Having insomnia has become tiring, to say the least.  That being said, I have decided to embrace my insomnia rather than argue with it.  When arguing begins, without fail, insomnia wins.  And so, in these lately late nights I have started to make friends with watercolor pencils.  Thus far, nothing I've created could remotely be considered gallery-worthy, but I do find it far more relaxing than, say, ID TV.  The combination of busy hands with a wandering mind has brought about a remarkable change.  I actually look forward to my dark aloneness, falling asleep fairly easily with an anticipatory delight at the thought of a 3 a.m. session with pencils, paper, water, me, and the silence of night.