Obstacles to Creativity--Overcoming Them!

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Comment by wiffledust on September 9, 2011 at 11:23pm

we must dare to be total fools. it's the only way. give ourselves permission to be bad. failure is the only way to get to success.

Comment by wiffledust on August 31, 2011 at 6:58pm

gang, we have to have our tools nearby if there is any hope of doing something creative. there's some music i want to try writing, and i've found recently that every time i get the inspiration, the g uitar is in a different room. so i moved it early tonight so it would be in the right place if the mood hits me. and i've taken to having magic markers in most rooms too. it's too easy to miss the mood when the tools aren't nearby!

 

Comment by wiffledust on August 25, 2011 at 9:48pm

the blank page scares us all, dave! the trick is to dive in. anything is better than the blank page. just start. objects in motion stay in motion! and if you can't start, come here, and one of us will get you started!

Comment by Dave Schoeff on August 25, 2011 at 9:32pm

This column is exactly why I joined this band of wiffle pranksters. I'm not a creative person, but have lots of creative things to do: writing software, helping my wife with her curriculem writing projects, writing web copy. Sometimes the sheer blankness of the page in front of me kicks my butt.  These are great ideas for getting unstuck. Die vampire die!

Comment by wiffledust on August 23, 2011 at 11:23pm

i love those techniques, maryanne! i'm going to blast a few out with some music next time and let you know what happens. and i think that "not by me" tool is awesome!!! thank you!

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on August 23, 2011 at 10:41am

what I am going to write may seem simple, but for me,
I do what I do for myself first. When those
invaders creep into my head I blast them out with loud music that carries me more into my inner world where my creative forces flow from and the music becomes my conduit for channeling those forces without censor. If a part of me says, "this has been done before" I answer back with, "but not by me".

Comment by wiffledust on August 23, 2011 at 10:15am

another big obstacle to the creative process is worrying too much about what other people think. there's a time and a place for that in the editing process or the rehearsal process. but the creative process needs a certain amount of freedom from the masses of folks in our brains judging us. we need some tools to filter that out. suggestions, anyone?

Comment by wiffledust on July 8, 2011 at 1:46pm

and "do" can mean the smallest step. but every step of motion moves us to a new place....motion is critical. there are times for stillness, but if you're reading this group right now, stillness is most likely not the answer

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on July 8, 2011 at 10:41am

We must do and do we must!

 

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on July 7, 2011 at 3:45pm

And that word  Discipline :-) ugh!

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