One Little Spark of Inspiration...

LSPoorEeyorick · 03-19-2009, 10:34 PM

Ditto to that surrounding self with creative people and ideas.

I go in cycles between very productive and hardly productive. And the most creative I ever am is when I am making regular dates.

These dates might involve being creative with friends, or just talking about creativity with friends.

Or they might be regular creative dates with myself. Sometimes they're to gather inspiration... like walking in a park, or going to a museum, or just taking a random road trip, turning onto another road when the song changes on the iPod shuffle. Sometimes the dates involve processing that inspiration into my own work - setting aside time to meet myself at the computer to write, etc, or taking myself to a cafe to work on my project. I have to be pretty vigilant, or I won't do it.

Speaking of which, I make deadlines. I tell people "hey, we're going to read my play on this day." Or "hey, I'm going to direct a scene at my birthday party." Then I have to be accountable for what I'm working on.

My favorite creative resource is The Artist's Way, a book by an admittedly new-agey woman with much to say that doesn't exactly jive with my point of view. But somehow, whenever I'm following her guidelines or doing her exercises, I feel so, so much better. About everything. I highly recommend it, and actually, if anybody would be into doing it, I'm always happy to go through with you simultaneously. (I've gone through it a few times now, and it always brings insight to my daily creative habits.)

03-19-2009, 10:34 PM	#14
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Ditto to that surrounding self with creative people and ideas. I go in cycles between very productive and hardly productive. And the most creative I ever am is when I am making regular dates. These dates might involve being creative with friends, or just talking about creativity with friends. Or they might be regular creative dates with myself. Sometimes they're to gather inspiration... like walking in a park, or going to a museum, or just taking a random road trip, turning onto another road when the song changes on the iPod shuffle. Sometimes the dates involve processing that inspiration into my own work - setting aside time to meet myself at the computer to write, etc, or taking myself to a cafe to work on my project. I have to be pretty vigilant, or I won't do it. Speaking of which, I make deadlines. I tell people "hey, we're going to read my play on this day." Or "hey, I'm going to direct a scene at my birthday party." Then I have to be accountable for what I'm working on. My favorite creative resource is The Artist's Way, a book by an admittedly new-agey woman with much to say that doesn't exactly jive with my point of view. But somehow, whenever I'm following her guidelines or doing her exercises, I feel so, so much better. About everything. I highly recommend it, and actually, if anybody would be into doing it, I'm always happy to go through with you simultaneously. (I've gone through it a few times now, and it always brings insight to my daily creative habits.)
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