image transcriptions under the cut
for the times when you really truly want to do something, but find resistance or that starting feels impossible
most helpful action to get into a task is:
look at it
options include: review what you've already done
open the tab on screen
blur your eyes at first if that helps
fullscreen the image
browse or skim relevant texts
let your gaze move around how it will
JUST...LOOK!!!
Your brain has resistance towards starting the particular project in the way that you've previously conceived of it. Instead of fighting that resistance, try to change your approach to starting your work. Ie, start with colored pencils on a piece you were doing in gouache, include a new stitch in a crochet piece,
Step one: identify the process
Step two: identify places where something new can be included
Step three: brainstorm new options to fill these spots
Step four: select one or more options and try your piece from this new angle
encourage yourself by asking questions
start with: "What am I actually trying to do right now?"
then try: "What would this look like if it were more fun?" "How would I do it if anything was possible?"
divide into discrete tasks
make the closest or shiniest one literally as small & specific as freaking possible
image text: I BELIEVE IN YOU
screenshot text: The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
W.B. Yeats (via billowy)
there is a window
now there is a door
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