I adored this article. It is true, our muse needs time to rest, recuperate, and fertilize. I never thought about it this way, especially when I am one to tirelessly create and beat myself up if I am neglecting my art. "There is infinite content out there trying to get your attention and if you don't navigate it wisely, you can find yourself wasting hours of your time." Advice from a youtuber, I believe. It's good to surround yourself by what inspires you. It's easy and sometimes fun to indulge in meaningless information, but it offers nothing to your artistic process.
Thanks so much. You are correct and though I dish out advice in these articles, I warn about the dangers as you say of indulging, because I, myself, also sometimes fall prey to them.
Wonderful! Indeed the mind is like a garden. Attention nourishes whatever seeds we choose to plant in there through our 5 senses. I agree that social media and news predominantly plants negative seeds in our minds. Taking these out is one of the best things I've done for myself. Loved this article, Clint!
I adored this article. It is true, our muse needs time to rest, recuperate, and fertilize. I never thought about it this way, especially when I am one to tirelessly create and beat myself up if I am neglecting my art. "There is infinite content out there trying to get your attention and if you don't navigate it wisely, you can find yourself wasting hours of your time." Advice from a youtuber, I believe. It's good to surround yourself by what inspires you. It's easy and sometimes fun to indulge in meaningless information, but it offers nothing to your artistic process.
Thanks so much. You are correct and though I dish out advice in these articles, I warn about the dangers as you say of indulging, because I, myself, also sometimes fall prey to them.
Love reading about the Muse.
Have you read Meeting the Muse After Midlife, by Sally Fox?
I have not, but will add it to the reading list.
Wonderful! Indeed the mind is like a garden. Attention nourishes whatever seeds we choose to plant in there through our 5 senses. I agree that social media and news predominantly plants negative seeds in our minds. Taking these out is one of the best things I've done for myself. Loved this article, Clint!
Thank you!
Love your writing and the inspiration it brings. Thank you.
This is great stuff. Working on a blog post about creative block. Think I may incorporate your base idea. With source of course.
Also mentioned this in my (German language) blog and podcast: https://www.markus-freise.de/blog/kreativblockaden-ueberwinden-schamlos-austoben
You are welcome.
Thanks so much!
Oh. Posted via DM or something.
Hey, don’t know if Substack is notifying when you are tagged in an article. But I did: