Bad weather? Better art?

"Personally, I think bad weather leads to better art.  You don't want to go outside, so you stay inside and work.  When I lived in Cleveland, I got a lot of work done in the brutal months of winter.  Down here in Texas, I get all my work done in the wicked hot summers.  (The Cleveland winter and the Texas summer last about the same length of time--half the year.)"  Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon

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