2 posts tagged “creativity”

Today I am full of creativity.  I've sketched out several bracelet designs today and now I can go into development for them.  It's a long way from sketch to finished bracelet, but I am working on my creativity.   First, I meditate, then I sketch, then I get to work.  I'm going to try to do this every day, and just see how much I can trick my broken body into getting something done.    Here's today's sketch.  All rights reserved.

Keybracelet

I had a creative project to work on this week.  I had the concept in my mind weeks ago and I just couldn't get started.  Finally, with my deadline approaching, I got the work done and it turned out great.  So why is it so hard to get to the creation phase?

My process for art and for writing is that I usually have to let ideas develop by mulling over them for a few days or longer.  Snatches of text or bits of image will flit trough my mind and then, when I'm ready, the creation process goes easily.  I just wish there wasn't so much delay between conception and completion.

When I was doing technical writing, I knew that I needed an inspiration to write and if I didn't find one and forced myself to write, everything I wrote would end up being scrapped when I finally did get inspired. Of course, I had to have done my research so that when the inspiration hit I had the facts at hand. The problem with that process is that it causes so much stress and drama as the deadlines approach.  Some people enjoy, even crave the drama, but I don't, at least not anymore.  I'm too limited in my work time to feel comfortable risking failure because inspiration didn't arrive in time.

What's the analogy of my old writing process with design work?  What can I do to get over the fear of the blank screen before me?  How can I get over my fear of failure and enjoy creating? 

I don't really have any answers to all these questions.  Just questions.  I need to get the answers and I'm sure they're out there somewhere.  I will just have to search them out.