An Uninspired Effort
As I sit here at the end of a failed project, I wonder how much longer will this continue… I’m sure this is one of those dreaded “artist moments” where things just don’t come out right, or the inner perfectionist shows up and corrupts all positive creative efforts. I can’t remember a time where I was this unfocused, and it’s been going on for a while.
My first thought is I’m on the verge of a transition. Something that I think is long overdue. The issue is the other side of the transition doesn’t exist. There have been no efforts to take things in a new direction. One thing with this is certain – mental fatigue has been in full effect for far too long.
This mythical transition has posed some interesting dilemmas because so far I have been unable to determine its cause. I’ve had plenty of these types of transitions where the next thing seems to pop up, and integrate itself seamlessly into the mix. Not the case here though.
What I’m seeing now is some rather uninspiring work going on and I think I’ve had some of the same things on my to do list for weeks now. My usual approach of continuing to stab at it until it works so far hasn’t worked. So I took a break. An extended one, and that did nothing but frustrate me more and here I am now with no creative energy and even less will to try to recover it.
Welcome to the creative process. I’ve learned over time that it cant be forced. This is one of those times where I’ll just have to sit and wait. I don’t know exactly what I’m waiting for, but hopefully I won’t be sleeping when it comes.
For those of you creatives out there, I know you go through this from time to time. How do you cope?
I pray…. I have not painted a single thing in almost 6 months! So I know what you are going through, I have no inspiration, no muse. So when times like this come around…. I pray!
Look within yourself, and you may find that this lack of inspiration has nothing to do with what you think, not your art, photography, nor your business. It could be family, your love life, your faith…. whatever.
I don’t think I helped but I know what you are going through….Peace
thank you! it does help actually. I think I have an idea of what needs to be done, and actually I might write my next post about it… How’s that for inspiration?
I do know what it feels like to be muse-less. Large chunks of my career have been like that… I guess it’s all about time. I’m starting to see not many of us are creative ALL the time…
creativity is a reflection of life…. so if your not liking your life or some things in it….your creativity is just waiting for ur life to change just as much as you are!
I completely agree. I was about to start writing my next post on this and you hit the nail on the head!
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