#creative block

[claireonacloud]

Two of the worst creative blocks of my career and the shift that got me through both times.

Rapunzel’s murals in Tangled and my new picture book, WHO ARE YOU? Two projects that almost broke me as an artist. This week on Substack I’m sharing the sketches that opened the way through the blocks and what actually shifted.

What’s your go-to when nothing is working?

[total-maehem]

i LOVE being in a state of being where making art feels like it's directly siphoning my life force while not making art drives me completely insane

[codeaura]

That overwhelming urge to write just to end up staring at a blank page like a fish that forgot how to swim

[pechaghtlecha]

Hey guys✨😞, I've been so far from inspo that I've only been able to do a few things, including this Fatson Todd❤️‍🩹

My mind is blank although I feel like drawing, so, maybe you'll see a little bit of redraws of things :p

[ghostmistdraws]

Creative slump? No, no. Creative frenzy. Too many idea, not enough time, not enough energy. It's too much, I do nothing.

[bl-00-dclown]

King candy doodle :>

[vintage-tigre]

According to Jungian psychologist Marie-Louise von Franz, one of life's harshest tragedies is unlived potential... so maybe that ex of yours that you can’t get over is just a silo of your own trapped ‘floating charge of energy’ waiting for you to make art or music or literature.. or literally anything that utilizes your unused potential.