The Dreaded Art Block

I tidied up my website. I sorted out some of my creative accounts.

Now, I’m motivated to make something new. And yet I don’t gravitate towards the ipad.

That’s fine. Maybe I need to make a sketch. Figure out a concept first.

I open my trusty little sketchbook where I’ve already made plenty of rough sketches before.

And…nothing.

Okay, maybe I just need to build up the idea visually in my mind first.

And still, nothing.

Before I knew what I was doing, I was already on my phone. Already distracted.

Has the creativity well dried up? Or has my laziness just overtaken my prior motivation?

And then I started thinking. Creativity doesn’t have to be visual and it has to stem from somewhere.

My way of thinking…hasn’t really been creative lately.

There’s a lack of joy. A lack of spontaneity.

I’ve always been rather boring in general…but I think I have gotten complacent.

I pause. Maybe that’s what I need.

When a computer lags, sometimes it just needs a reboot.

Maybe I really do need this holiday.