Life would be easier if i had a better map of my head. Then i could really get the lay of the land before i pack up and strike out along a creative path. One of the main challenges i face is to get all my selves to agree on something and head in the same direction. A chorus chatters endelessly in my head, some loud, some soft, all talking at once and vying for my creative attention. One voice whispers so gently i can't make out what is being said without losing my patience and shushing the rest into a shamed silence. By the time i lean in close to hear the whispery one everyone has gone silent. No whispers of inspiration, no excited laughter or exclamations. Just silence. My mind has gone blank and i find myself idealess and bereft.
So i fold up my faded map, tuck it in the kithchen drawer and seek out inspiration from other sources. I always find a well of emotional inspration when i read a novel. Looking at other artists photographs takes me to the land of infinite possibility and i itch to try something new. I often seek out quotes or discover words i love and scribble them down in my notebook for use in my writing. Any one of these activities will reorient me to my true north and creative center. I feel refreshed and I'll try again to negotiate a plan with my chorus of selves and perhaps will find a clear path.
Where do you find your road to inspiration?
Couldn't have said it better myself....and....gorgeous image!
Posted by: Kelly | October 16, 2011 at 08:18 PM
i just stop. stop trying. stop looking. stop reading. i just let the chatter go. i shop, i watch mindless tv, i play computer mahjong. i stop beating myself up, stop trying so hard. (for me, ideas never live in the trying.) in the doing of nothing, something always catches my eye or my mind, even if i don't feel the seed settle in. i notice only when it pushes into the sunlight.
xoxo
Posted by: Debi | October 16, 2011 at 06:01 AM
I always like talking to myself since we always agree.
Posted by: Hubby | October 15, 2011 at 04:22 PM
Goodness my friend sounds as if you are reading my mind...
miss you xo
Posted by: Joy Bayer | October 15, 2011 at 05:58 AM