Unlike most people , I need this motivation.
For some recent time, I (namely, my imagination, which is more important to my survival and personality than my brain and heart) has felt like a dead puppy.
Your mission - whether you choose to accept it or not - is to help bring me puppy back from the dead.
This is not a one person job; it is a community effort...
for all those who care about me, I challenge you to tell me what I could/should/(hell, what you would) do.
Joey needs your help.
Joey as dead puppy + pictures added to post = way to break Emily's heart.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it works for you but it does for me. You should find a new place, somewhere, if not completely new to you, that you don't go often. A place that makes you excited/relaxed/happy/sad all at the same time. Sit there for a long while, thinking, people watching, drawing, writing, doodling, sleeping, whatever. Just make sure that you're not trying to think about thinking of something specific, just let things happen. Normally this is the best time to think of new ideas, they just pop into your head. Some are good, some are shit, but hey, shit happens.
Something else that helps me too is attempting to articulate my vague ideas to friends/family/strangers. That gets the thinking going too. It also helps you slowly figure out what it is your really trying to say. Now I think you said you do something like this so maybe this doesn't help you that much, but I hope so.
Another idea is to get a creative writing book that has writing exercises in them. The exercises are something like, write for 15 minutes, the story must have a bucket, a can of paint, and a toothbrush and at some point the bucket has to tip over, go. These help me get the creativity flowing, and they're fun, also, the stories in themselves are amazing sometimes too. Other times, not so much. If anything it will help you losen up, if not spark ideas.
I hope this helped.
Sometimes if I'm feeling like a dead puppy, I'll just start making something insanely small and detailed and repetitive. I don't even have to know what it is. (Remember those giant pictures of just a bunch of little tiny circles that that one grad student used to make? That sort of thing.)
ReplyDeleteDoesn't always turn out successful, but it makes my brain feel like it's doing something and tides me over until more cohesive ideas come along.
I also agree with the "going somewhere new" thing.