Are you ever stopped? Are you slowed down by procrastination? Do you need a creative boost? I must confess this happens to me and it can be a challenge to get going again.
These are some tiny steps that have helped me get moving again. Please try one out if you feel stuck or stopped.
- Break it down into a little doable task
- Give yourself the give of a few minutes – just for you
- Look for what you can do, rather than what you can’t do
- See what is possible and do that
Here are three “Just Do Somethings” that could be a gift to yourself to get you going.
- Do a line drawing of something that is right I front of you, with whatever materials you have on hand. No judgement just doing.
- Get up and walk around the block. Look up, look down. See what you usually don’t see.
- Lay on the ground and take 20 pictures with your camera/phone.
If you try this or have a “just do something” of your own, then please share your discoveries in the comments section of this post.
Or join me in the next session of Make Monotypes, an online printmaking course on the glycerin and gelatin plate.
Hello Linda, when I am stuck or do not know what to do next, I put on some music I really like and sing and dance along! The song I chose depends on my mood. 🙂 I really like yours with the camera, I will go for that next time and see how and if it helps. Thanks and have a good evening! Sandra J.
Hi, today I got stuck, and took 50+ photographs of the man cutting down a tree in our back garden.. The ‘shapes’ he made were amazing..
Hi Linda, I often procrastinate. I like receiving your articles. I think I can’t draw but would like to. So took your suggestion and got a piece of paper and drew a small book that was in front of me (not trying but looking and concentration on the book shape and also I did not spend too much time on it which I would normally do. I found it easy and I’m not looking at it for its (good or bad) image. I am happy to have done it and am quite happy. It was easier than I thought. Probably because I did it in such a short time without trying too hard.So thank you and I feel this could be a breakthrough for me.
Wow great to hear!
Hi Linda, lovely to hear your voice. I hope your new group enjoy your print making course as much as I myself did. I have been printing daily, the good, the bad and the ugly but mostly having some fun regardless of the outcome. I have ‘sneak a peek’ etched on my brain. Great stuff. Thanks again for the adventure.
Kind regards
Mereana
Happy that you are printing with abandon! New session is getting into the swing of things. Working out ink and plate challenges. Great to hear from you.
Linda