How often do you get to do anything just for the sheer pleasure of doing it? Maybe you wait for the weekend or a vacation to participate in such frivolity. Or maybe you’re lucky and you’re an artist of some sort, where every day offers opportunities to play. Creative work can benefit from guidelines, limitations, [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Deadlines as creative motivators.
Monday, July 20, 2009 – 9:49 pm
Are you one of those people who work better under stress? I know I am, at least that’s how it seems at times. There’s just no motivator like a deadline to get something done, even creative work. I’ve often scheduled exhibits without anything ready to show. I love waiting til the last minute to dive [...]
Starting over.
Friday, July 10, 2009 – 11:28 pm
Over the last few months, I found it exceedingly difficult to be creative. The Weekly Press project kept rolling along, albeit at a slower pace. The old blog languished; I had no interest in describing the minutiae of how each new image was created. I found myself avoiding the computer altogether, putting off art and [...]