Creative Sorrow
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- aguillaume
Dear NT Friends,
None of you may really know me. I've been pretty quiet when it comes to the PVN. I do enjoy all of your banter/wit/venting/etc. but I've only chimed in once or twice. But now here's my little piece. Lately I've been feeling creatively dead. Almost like there's nothing in my brain anymore. I haven't been able to touch any of my creative tools without getting fed up at myself. I know that i haven't lost my creativity but I think I've lost the will (at least for the moment) to create. Can anyone help me? I'm not asking for anyone to tell me what to do, nor am i asking for anyone to tell me to stop my whining. I just want a few words of advice, maybe some suggestions at how to get out of these creative blocks, and i don't know.. maybe even some jokes to put a smile on my face. Thanks to all of you who made it this far in the message. I'm sorry to anyone who may be annoyed by these types of things.
- jdcomba0
take a step back? get a new book? get a new cd. find inspiration from new places. take a walk on a different block then you normally do. drink a new beer.
- canuck0
Change your routine. Start doing things that you don't normally do, something as simple as taking a different route to work, take a break for a while. Maybe do some not for profit work, were you can have more creative freedom???
- mg330
Sometimes you just have to kick yourself a little and realize you do have it in you.
Do you feel like you used to do stuff you enjoyed and approved of and liked when it was done? Me too, and it was probably when I was in college and had much more time on my hands, doing that ol' "gotta work on my artwork and such ferociously to show what I'm made of."
These days I work 40 hours a week, have band practice 2-3 times a week, and generally am too lazy in my off time to sit down and be productive. I feel like I can sit down and almost instantly do something great in Photoshop and then I attempt to and just fart around for two hours and get bored.
So Iguess it takes a little determination that you're really going to have to work towards things more if you really want it. I hate being a lazy person and realize it gets in the way of a great many things I know I can do and accomplish.
Anyhow, just pick up some new magazines, check out some new things, go walking, go to a park, take a sketchbook, draw out some ideas. I've started keeping a pad of paper next to me much more often when working on site concepts to get ideas down, and it helps.
I know what it's like to be frustrated and not want to do a damned thing. But can you see yourself doing anything else?
If you said "no," then you're like me, you know what you want, you just need to get your gears going.
- ********0
change your job
move to a new city
- ********0
u are still young
there are alot of time for more BS as you grow up
- ********0
become an idea guy
- aguillaume0
Thanks to all of you who have responded. Your advice is greatly appreciated. I think tomorrow is going to be all about Barnes and Noble and their Arts section.
Once again, Thank You. You have no idea how much this is appreciated.
- aguillaume0
on another quick note... mg33... i found your band on myspace... oh what fun!
- mg330
Thanks man, appreciate it.
We're about to unleash a whole new thing, new drummer, additional guitarist, so far practices have been going quite well.
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I go to Borders all the time to browse stuff, their design section is much better than Barnes & Noble, least I find it to be. Building up a nice inspirational library is an ongoing project of mine.
- liquid0
hey you want to know what to do when you go to b&n or borders.....DONT GO TO THE ART SECTION.....
go to the travel section.......or the sci-fi section.....anything but......
you will either a) get new ideas from seeing different things b) find a new hobby or c) be so thankful that you arent in those industries that you will run full throttle to the art section or run home to work on stuff.....
force yourself to look at other stuff...... take like a half hour...
- ********0
the best inspiration comes from non-art related.
- mg330
CAREFUL IN THE SCI-FI SECTION, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TEA-BAGGED.
- ********0
tea bagged?
- mg330
I dunno man, I heard something really shifty once about a sci-fi guy.
- ********0
who is that and what is tea bagged?
- mg330
Consult the urban dictionary, I'm not saying a thing.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/d…
It was this guy who passed out reading Issac Asimov short stories.
- ********0
o RLY
- aguillaume0
LOL.... i'll try to avoid the sci-fi section. personally i like looking at the covers of all the fiction books. But i do love the travel books as well... oh such wonderful ideas!
