This article is going to deviate from music news about other people for a moment and focus on your creative flow. I was reading Gala Darling’s blog iCiNG recently and saw a post from a woman who has moved to a new city where things were starting to get too hectic for her.
Whether it’s job pressures, family responsibilities or just a lack of energy - stress and fatigue make it very difficult to get inspired.
She was stressed out and most of all, she really missed the creative energy that she used to have. She was asking how to get her creativity back, and she received a lot of advice. I began to leave a comment on Gala’s post, when I realized that I have a lot to say about it, as this is a very common problem in life. Everyone loses their creative drive at some point and it’s hard to know what to do to get it back. Whether it’s job pressures, family responsibilities or just a lack of energy - stress and fatigue make it very difficult to get inspired. So, I decided to write an article that addresses this situation, for all artists: musicians, painters, writers, dreamers of all sorts… Like all exercise, these techniques only work when you actually practice them, but here is what has worked for me. ([More →])
