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- piperboytoy
is anyone experiencing a creative slump? I don't know if it's laziness or just bad home situation but lately don't want to do a damn thing. :( I have a new roommate moving in soon. maybe will be better. I don't know how to self motivate anymore.
- BRNK0
Clean your desk/room/work area. Read something good. Define, refine or revisit you process very consciously. Stop making excuses.
- thanks!piperboytoy
- sorry, I am still distracted by the image above, I didn't even read your commentmonospaced
- piperboytoy0
i guess so I will do that.
- luckyorphan0
Are you referring to creative personal or professional work?
If you're referring to professional work, this is the point where the pros are separated from the rookies. Either step it up and follow BRNK's advice, more or less, or consider a different career. It may be creative, but in the end, this is a job. Do your job.
If the trouble is more with personal creativity (What do I do with my free time? What is my contribution to the world as a creative person?), that is a deeper issue. The lack of anything to say or do personally suggests a need to investigate deeply into one's self – by any means necessary – and divine what it is to be a creative individual. Do yo do creative work because you like it? Because you need it? Because you love it? Or do you do it because you were just better at this than anything else, and heck, it beats accounting? If the latter, you may be in some trouble. If any of the former, you must get back in touch with the person who began their advanced schooling in the arts and rediscover why you started along a path toward being creative. At the same time, study those who followed similar paths, from greats (Picasso, Coltrane, etc.) to undiscovered artisans who are absolutely passionate about their craft, whatever it is (the baker with the best bread in town). You must answer the base questions of 'what' and 'why'. Otherwise, try accounting.
"Truth is beauty, and beauty is truth." – Keats
- luckyorphan0
- Do...or do not.
There is no try.luckyorphan - "I dont believe it!"..."That, is why you fail". My favorite line.Josev
- Do...or do not.