>and it drives me nutz 'cause it won't go away until I draw it, or I don't have what I need to draw it <
Ahhhh the force!! I know it well. The muse is a very demanding force in my life, ie (curse) when I am driven from my bed to write a piece. Early morning hours are best for me to write. When the city is in bed.
3 A.M., awoken from sleep as if a lightswitch was thrown.
Just to write down three lines quickly fading from thought.
A Twilight Zone Ranger on aphasia patrol.