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16 years ago
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I'm not going to lie, I've been in a nine month long creative slump. A total of two drawings in my gallery were created within the last nine months -- everything else is old. Whereas a year ago about this time, I was doing at least three sketches a night and putting a major work out at least once a month (yet I was still too lazy to post anything). Now I'm lucky if I sketch more than once every other week. I need to get back on the road to producing, not because I want any recognition (Christ, I'd post so much more here if I wanted that), but because I feel at my peak when I'm creating what I want -- uninhibited -- and I know that very well. I feel like I have a creative block -- or, more accurately put, a complete lack of will.
I went back and grabbed some albums that I've never really heard in their entirety, hoping maybe I'd be able to revive some interest. Music has been able to spark a revival in work after a slump.
I keep getting the feeling I need to be around creative people more. People I can bounce my ideas off of -- music, visual, it doesn't matter -- and help me find a reason to get back to work. Most of my creative friends in this town, however, have since scattered or stopped producing altogether.
Hum. Not to be depressing, however. I'm confident I'm going to get back into my mode sometime.
Also: When I listen to the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" I get this strange sensation of falling. :|
And now I will plague the internet with a meme...Reply to this journal and:
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
8. I'll tell you my favorite thing about you.
9. I'll tell you my least favorite thing about you.
10. If you play, you MUST post this on yours.
I can't answer everyone, but I'll try.
I went back and grabbed some albums that I've never really heard in their entirety, hoping maybe I'd be able to revive some interest. Music has been able to spark a revival in work after a slump.
I keep getting the feeling I need to be around creative people more. People I can bounce my ideas off of -- music, visual, it doesn't matter -- and help me find a reason to get back to work. Most of my creative friends in this town, however, have since scattered or stopped producing altogether.
Hum. Not to be depressing, however. I'm confident I'm going to get back into my mode sometime.
Also: When I listen to the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" I get this strange sensation of falling. :|
And now I will plague the internet with a meme...Reply to this journal and:
1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you which song or movie you remind me of.
3. I'll pick a flavor of jello to wrestle you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wondered about you.
8. I'll tell you my favorite thing about you.
9. I'll tell you my least favorite thing about you.
10. If you play, you MUST post this on yours.
I can't answer everyone, but I'll try.
For now, though, I am here, sitting and chatting, and trying to think of how I'll get through tonight.... I have to help watch over some kids...-_-
Good luck with your work, though, I know you can pull out of it.
And good luck with the kids D: Children are bitches.
During those times I was able to get out drawing after drawing after drawing... and even get at least 50 pages done in one sitting of a comic!!!!
Change happened, parents got divorced, and my perspective on things sort of changed as well... and so now it has been getting harder for me to even think up something.... and don't get me started on requests... >o< those are the main problems!!!
How I work is that I don't think about what I draw when I'm drawing... like breathing it just comes naturally!!!
...I don't know what to do....