I get more inspired by other artwork, believe it or not. I look thru art archives a lot just to see what's been done and how the artist approaced it. Sometimes I like the way an artist paints a flower petal, the colors they used, the choice of pattern, the layout etc. It all adds up to inspire me in little ways :).

As for the heat...we hurried and put an extra AC in the kitchen window. It's keeping it cool just enough to be quite bearable ;). It helps that my PC is right in front of an ac and I have all that glorious cold air blowing right on me...lol

Laurie