Creative Block? Yes that I get. It is quite a uncomfortable place to be. I feel insecure, unable to create. I feel frustrated, not good enough, I question myself and my ability. It makes me want to run away, avoid doing creative stuff, feels like what is the point?
But in my art classes I have learnt this is such a important stage of growth. This is where stuff shifts inside myself. So I don’t walk away from it, I stay with it. This is where in its own time something new will be born, a new way of being creative, a new way of thinking about my art, a new way of using a tool or even finding a new unusual tool, a new growth to my style or even new subject or theme that suddenly interest me.
This is a healthy and very important part of being creative. This takes you to a new level of expression. When I get that breakthrough it makes me excited, full of energy, gives me passion all over again!
So I have learned to embrace this process, not enjoy it, but stay with it and respect it. It is always the new ‘child’ waiting to be born.
This is my experience in both painting and photography but this is what makes me love doing art in the end, it is always a journey!!
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