#creative shit

[ageofgeek]

the special relationship is as strong as ever, lads

[xiaq]

im 23 and i just started my first ever job in tech and its pays well and i’m perceived as so successful by my family and friends but the truth is that it bores me to hell and i kind of don’t care about it at all but it also allows me financial freedom. im really inspired by how creatively you live your life and how well and often you write (i absolutely loved lrpd!) and i really wish i was in a creative career. but the truth is i NEVER create in my free time even though i really want to which makes me feel like a fraud. idk if this is a stupid question but have you ever gone through that kind of frozen stuck feeling where you want to make but just can’t? or any tips for how to get started in writing or art or just anything? i feel like my brain is just scared of failing or trying anything new

Yeah. I completely get that! And I make myself engage with creativity because if I don’t I feel stagnant and gross. It’s sort of like exercising when you want to couch rot or eating well when all you want is something full of sugar. At this point in my life, I know I’m going to feel better if I write, if I go for a run, if I eat the healthy thing. I have empirical evidence.

It also helps me to think of my current self as engaging in a minor inconvenience that will benefit my future self. “I know you don’t want to now, but think about how happy future Erica will be that you’ve done X for her!” And then, sure enough, future Erica is thankful an hour later. But for getting started/setting yourself up for success, I’d recommend marking a small amount of time per day for Creative Shit. I currently have a certain wordcount I try to meet, but for years I’d set aside an hour a day minimum for writing. It didn’t matter what I wrote or how much or if it was good. I just had to sit with one (or multiple) docs open for an hour. Sometimes I’d only get some editing done and a couple sentences written. But I checked the “write” box off my to-do list because I sat there for the full hour with the doc open. Often what happened, though, is I’d sit for 15-20 minutes struggling and then fall into a groove and then all the sudden 3 hours had passed, I needed to get ready for bed, and I’d written 2k words. And that high would follow me into the work day the following morning. Like, I did that! I was so productive! I can’t wait to finish work so I can go re-read and edit it and write some more!

At least for me, when I’m in a regular writing cadence, even if it’s just a couple hours at a time, it’s a lot easier to pick up where I left off than if I’m trying to fit longer sessions in only 1 or 2x a week and then I feel anxious about being productive during that time.

That being said—probably the first thing you should do is figure out what makes your brain happiest. Is it daily allocations of time? A full day set aside once a week? Is it substantive goals you can give yourself stickers for achieving? Time slots with zero additional context? Figure out what inspires/benefits you and uh…do that! I hope this helps even a little.

[potatoking986]

Since the shit that fucked with my hands happened and I've been unable to really draw anything well for the last 6 years or so I've take up printing images off Pinterest and making collages

I also make collages with the random shit I have around the house, but those are more for my CDs and stuff

[idonktnowww]

GUYSSSS LISTEN

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This is my depiction of middle finger via text 🐥🐥

Kbai

[eddieintheocean]

i can't be having more writing ideas during this time however

time travelling microbiologist

they worked with a physicist to invent a time machine, the physicist did it for their paper, the microbiologist simply wanted to find out which RNA method life evolved with only to be able to tell certain people "i know you're wrong" but never explain how they know this

they never tell the paleontology people about the machine but make friends with them only to rearrange their fossil structures subtly and never tell them about it

[art-of-mathematics]

(piece of a) carrot + straw = carrot stamp/brush

stomping the shitty white color pigments onto a damn piece of fabric with that damn carrot stamp/brush like a maniac:

[ho3micide]

blood orange ⭐️

Model: ho3micide

Photographer: killls

Makeup Arist/Creative Director: lastlookswitherica

[womble1]

Tonight's art mood!