Almost every artist has hit a mental roadblock at one time or another and has experienced the creative blues. This common phenomenon can be triggered by doubts about our artwork and the meaningfulness of our creative efforts. If you are struggling for inspiration here are 5 Ways to Overcome the Creative Blues. Surround Yourself With …
Creative doldrums – after a big creative project, I often experience a downturn in my motivation. What’s the remedy for this?
Thunderstorm – a (possibly strange) story of creative process from Stan Stewart.
What practices do creative people perform every day? Here are seven suggestions to inspire you from Stan Stewart.
This is not what I set out to do. No matter how much I wish for and plan for my creative projects to go a certain way, they always come out differently. Plan Creative Projects? Creativity and planning don’t always mix well. One is more of a right-brain activity and the other more left-brain. For …
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If you want your art to be in the center of your life, keep hanging in there. Stan Stewart explores how eventually, life will get the idea.
I can give you summary of this post now: set realistic expectations … if you can. At least for me, that’s the trick with doing anything with great intensity. I’m writing this post in first-person. Even though the references here will be to “me” and “I”, you may find that you can relate with some …
You must begin. Until you start, your creative (or any) projects won’t finish themselves. (Don’t you hate that?) Here are some tips that might be starting points for taking your creativity beyond a concept or imaginative idea. (It will probably come as no surprise that these are exactly what I need now, too.) Do you …
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In my previous post you read about longer creative processes. Obviously, one alternative to this is a very brief or quick creative process. In my experience, the typical way that an artist does a short project is by intentionally setting a goal or intention of doing it quickly. Thanks to @SoMiDalsgaard for sharing your thoughts …
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“This is the short and the long of it…” ~ William Shakespeare One thing that I’ve noticed about my own creative process is that the time to create something can vary widely. What I mean by that is simply that some processes take years (or even decades) and others can be quite brief. I’ve observed …
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