#creatively blocked

[soulwordsmirrorpictures]

no creativity left in me

I hate the winter time - All I want to do is sleep and hibernate - When it comes to creativity it’s mega hard work - Usually I am a slow worker but in the winter I am extra slow - I need to keep going and keep creating no matter how bad the work is - Artistic Block is hard work 😓 

[daveinediting]

I was speaking with a friend of mine who's going through a kind of blocked phase of creative life. And as we're talking about it we discover that our creative experiences are pretty similar. The basics, anyway. 

The way it works is simple:  I invest some amount of time in a project. Doesn't matter what hat I'm wearing. Director. Editor. Composer. Writer. Whatever the job, I invest mental energy, directed thought, toward the job at hand. And, after a few days, my brain starts working that challenge on its own. As in... solutions and iterations and ideas will magically show up in my mind when I'm not actually in "working" mode. 

Which means. 

Which means my brain engages projects while I'm both on and off the clock. 

The same's true for my friend.  And where we landed in our conversation was that a tremendous amount of their life right now is wall-to-wall packed with a spectrum of obligations, each with their own restless and relentless physical and mental demands. 

Disruptive static, if you will.

To the point where there’s literally no "off the clock" time. There's zero opportunity for their brain to do its thing.

One more time:

Zero opportunity.

For their brain.

To do its thing.

And so... 

Creatively blocked. 

The same's true for me, of course. Whenever I don't provide for "off the clock" time, I don't reap the benefits of what my brain, my creative mind, can do when I'm looking the other way.

[sparkletheamazingpinkunicorn]

So does anyone need trousers hemming or something? Because it feels like thats all I'm good for textiles wise atm

And I don't even know how to hem trousers

[whatstheperfectusername]

I hate...

The fact that I'm inspired to do something but I have no fucking idea what I want to do. Like, I want to do something, create something, edit something......SOMETHING but everytime I'm just about to do something the inspiration goes away, but I'm still inspired to do something you know? I dunno if this makes sense but I just wanna do something. I don't know what though

[sirrockin]

Creatively Blocked

[electricgrit]

jobs are over-rated.

[lexarr]

Well, I was going to be creatively productive, as I have been the past few days, but all that awesome creative drive is gone.

Perhaps Sloan is up for a little dragon hunting.

Skyrim, here I come.