#creative-block

#creative-block

There's a particular kind of panic that hits when you're facing a creative problem, and the well just feels... empty. Every idea seems stale. Every solution feels recycled. And the question creeps in: Have I finally used up all my good ideas? Maybe it's your third attempt at solving the same design problem, and every solution feels like a pale echo of something you've already tried. Or perhaps you've been churning out work for months, and suddenly the spark you used to rely on? Gone.

Often I have made love to force myself to write I hoped that orgasm, the most violent end to waiting that can be, would make me feel certain that there is no greater pleasure than writing a book. In other words, she is keen to break her writer's block.

The Folly of Free Time I have written before about the folly of free time -how a weekend away from work, a vacation, or just an evening when nothing in particular is scheduled (but two or three hours exist between dinner and bedtime) implies that the artist should get to work and not squander this gift. But blocking free time on your Google calendar does not necessarily transform into productive hours.