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but then spending months and months on end not creating anything at all because you have no ideas or motivation to speak of at all and you wonder if you can still call yourself an artist while all the while knowing that you would never treat anyone else this way because its mean and its also ultimately unproductive haaa
May 12, 2024
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okay so maybe u don’t paint anymore. Maybe u stoped playing guitar or whatever. But what about other things::
Do you bake? do you cook for friends? do you plan motives? do you make playlists — actually Do you make lists of any kind? These are All creative acts!! Once you realise this, and you see that you are constantly engaged in acts of creation, the idea of a “lost” creativity starts to feel incorrect, which then makes getting back into more formal creative practices (music art etc) feel much less daunting
Jan 7, 2025
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i had been in a creative funk for months, had hardly made anything outside of college classes and a sponsored exchange where i worked on frescos. recently started getting creative again and this new work feels more original, skillful and me than anything i’ve ever made.
basically i was burned out and my anxiety was through the roof and i was forced to get creative again. i know this isn’t an option for everyone but i kind of crashed out, isolated myself and didn’t do any school for 3 weeks and started staying up til 4AM every night. building my own canvases and focusing more on process and a slim idea of what i wanted to paint than on a grandiose plan. also making an effort to find new music and getting inspired by other artists. i watched all of david lynches filmography during my crash out weeks and it did influence me in wanting to create something of my own. in the past shrooms have helped me too, but that’s not reliable because the art i make on drugs often turns out kitschy and stupid. it did work for grimes when she made visions.
moral of the story: if you want to be a productive member of society dont do this, but i feel like artists seldom are anyway
Feb 8, 2025
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I need to write. Sit down and write. AHH TOO STRESSFUL. So instead I’ll make a song or dumb graphic design or a craft.
You (🧠) will never see it as good and worthwhile because you are, in fact, procrastinating your real work and passion BUT everybody else will think “wow, they are just always making something” it’s a win win
Jan 29, 2024
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Turns out when people love you, they want to support and listen to you. Revolutionary!
Give it a go!
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