There are so many times that I feel overwhelmed and hold myself back.

Creativity can be this way.

I often feel completely overwhelmed with the choices and directions my art can go,
so much so that sometimes I just don't do anything.
It is an awful way to be.

Then I have to remind myself that I am not getting anywhere by being that way.

I just need to do, to make.

I can always try again if it doesn't come out right or if I decide I want to go in a different direction.

But it is hard to remember such things in the moment,
when I am inspired and defeated all in the same space of time.

Oy vey! The inner workings of my brain can be exhausting.

Mama mia! I can be my greatest benefactor and my worst enemy.

I wish there was an "easy button" for times like this.

Do you ever get stuck this way?

What do you do to get your self up and moving from such a stagnant place?

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a halt in the process...

Lately I feel like I have been having a battle with my creativity and the creative process which insues.

I have been both overwhelmed with thoughts, ideas and inspirations,

as well as completely and utterly stuck,

feeling unable to bring forth what seems to want to leap out of my soul.

And let me tell you, this is entirely maddening!

Usually I can find something to help occupy my need for creating.

Something trivial and small,

but it seems none of the usual seems to be working...

What do you do when you feel stuck?

Stuck In My Head

I am feeling a bit stuck in my head, artistically blocked, if you will and I can thank myself for the complete disturbing distraction. I finally got both a new computer that I am actually capable of understanding how to use, as well as the internet in my house for the first time since dial up (which is not so good, useless in fact). So among other things, for the last 2 days I have been completely distracted by this amazing machine. Part of the distraction was actually needed, like transferring pictures and posting a few things in my etsy shop which was empty and organizing, but I have let myself get totally carried away browsing around things that I have wanted to look at, but didn't NEED to... Well, I have gotten carried away.

So here I am now, burning with near ideas that can't seem to manifest. I have this welling desire to create, but nothing is ready to bloom yet. It is extremely frustrating and I feel like pacing around since I can't seem to focus on much else. I find my self growling "errrr!" in my head and then forget what I was going to do or what I was working on. It doesn't help that I do so many different things, I try to tie everything together somehow, but sometimes it just seems like I am completely discombobulated. Maybe I should try hula hooping it out.... hmmm, good idea, I'm off to see if that helps....