When the Creative Juices just don't flow
Apr. 10th, 2008 08:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerI consider myself a pretty creative person. I'm also a decent problem solver when working on a project. I tend to try to work through all the potential problems in my head before I really get into the actual nuts and bolts of what I am making. So I think a lot before I do anything.
Right now I have a couple of things I need to do. I know how to do them but I am not doing them and I haven't a clue why. Well I have a few but none that really make any sense given my situation.
It is funny that if I were writing a story, I would just push through this. But sewing can't be pushed because in that direction lay madness or a lot of frustration when things don't turn out properly. Paper crafts when pushed can result in a lot of materials being wasted. I do know that part of creating is making mistakes and I have made enough of them. My parts box speaks to that.
I think I might just pull out some fur and work on an idea that I have been mulling in my head now for a while. It probably won't turn into anything cool but it might shake out some of the cobwebs in my brain. Or maybe I'll make some more eyeballs to use at NYCC. Something simple that will possibly unblock the dam on my creative juices and get them flowing again.
So what do you do when creativity is elusive?
I am grateful for things that get my brain back in working order.
Right now I have a couple of things I need to do. I know how to do them but I am not doing them and I haven't a clue why. Well I have a few but none that really make any sense given my situation.
It is funny that if I were writing a story, I would just push through this. But sewing can't be pushed because in that direction lay madness or a lot of frustration when things don't turn out properly. Paper crafts when pushed can result in a lot of materials being wasted. I do know that part of creating is making mistakes and I have made enough of them. My parts box speaks to that.
I think I might just pull out some fur and work on an idea that I have been mulling in my head now for a while. It probably won't turn into anything cool but it might shake out some of the cobwebs in my brain. Or maybe I'll make some more eyeballs to use at NYCC. Something simple that will possibly unblock the dam on my creative juices and get them flowing again.
So what do you do when creativity is elusive?
I am grateful for things that get my brain back in working order.
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Let's assume you are not being rhetorical for a moment...
Date: 2008-04-10 01:10 pm (UTC)When I am writing, I will often try to draw (which I can't do worth a darn). Or I will take a shower, and write in my head.
When I am sewing, I will make something small, by hand, especially when I am working on a big project. The act of finishing the little one gives me some focus to work on the bigger one.
Or, I just crank the music and pretend I am in a rock band. For some reason, this gives me all sorts of energy to tackle a project...