be more creative

Over the past several days I have been considering a feeling that I have had a general regress in creativity for the past few years. I’ve been trying to make art, and often have to question whether I was really an artist as I have always wished to be. I believe that I need to explore and embrace my creative nature more fully. I already know exercises and practices that are supposed to bring it out, but I tend to get stuck in ruts and not try them. I feel like I could teach and motivate someone else on this issue much more than I can do so for myself.

On the other hand I have actually made some definite progress. For some time after I made the goal here to, Make Art Every Day, I did not manage to do so. Then I started working with a new program that made sketching out a shape as easy as the doodling I used to do in my youth. The process felt more creative, and I managed to make a little something each day. I actually met my goal of art every day for a few weeks.

Here lately I have fallen behind again, but it isn’t bothering me as much now as before, because I feel like I have proved myself to some extent. I expect that I shall return to that level of production shortly.

In the larger scheme of things I resolve to try harder to maintain the environment and practices that help to keep me in touch with my creativity and my essential self.