How do you spark creativity?
musicismylife78
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"I want to draw something that means something to someone! You know, I want to draw blind faith, or a fading summer, or just a moment of clarity. It's like when you go and see a really great band for the first time and nobody is saying it but everybody is thinking it. We have something to believe in again." "I want to draw that feeling... but I can't. And if I can't be great at it, then I don't want to ruin it. It's too important to me." Peyton quote from One tree Hill
I have spent the better part of 3 years now, gorging on art. Watching movies, a ton of movies, anything I could get my hands on. I have listened to a ton of music. At my local music venue nearest my apartment, I try and go to literally every single show. Not just for bands I know or like, I evengo for bands I may not be into. I have read a ton of books. And have watched a ton of tv shows.
I am at the point now where I want to physically manifest something. Express myself. I want to express it creatively, through art. Being able to say how I feel, in writing, in music, or through music is a dream of mine. I just dont know how.
I have long had a talent for writing, but I dont know how to express how I am feeling. And I just can't seem to get myself to write anything, despite having purchased some notebooks for said use. And I recently, days ago bought an acoustic guitar and hope to actually learn this time, after having tried a few years back, and never getting past that point...playing for two weeks then not returning until when I got my acoustic the other day
So, how do I spark my creativity? Do I need incentives? Like do I tell myself, "you can't watch another movie until you write for half an hour and play guitar for the same"?
I have literally spent thousands of hours now, watching hearing and reading others express themselves. How do I do it?
I also feel like its something I NEED to do. Its not like I necessarily want to learn guitar or be a better writer or become a filmmaker, its like I feel like I HAVE to. And thats two seperate issues.
I look at my writers notebook or my guitar, and all I see and feel is writers or guitar block. Nothingness. I dont get it. Its not like I dont have something to say, as people on this board no doubt can attest to!
I have spent the better part of 3 years now, gorging on art. Watching movies, a ton of movies, anything I could get my hands on. I have listened to a ton of music. At my local music venue nearest my apartment, I try and go to literally every single show. Not just for bands I know or like, I evengo for bands I may not be into. I have read a ton of books. And have watched a ton of tv shows.
I am at the point now where I want to physically manifest something. Express myself. I want to express it creatively, through art. Being able to say how I feel, in writing, in music, or through music is a dream of mine. I just dont know how.
I have long had a talent for writing, but I dont know how to express how I am feeling. And I just can't seem to get myself to write anything, despite having purchased some notebooks for said use. And I recently, days ago bought an acoustic guitar and hope to actually learn this time, after having tried a few years back, and never getting past that point...playing for two weeks then not returning until when I got my acoustic the other day
So, how do I spark my creativity? Do I need incentives? Like do I tell myself, "you can't watch another movie until you write for half an hour and play guitar for the same"?
I have literally spent thousands of hours now, watching hearing and reading others express themselves. How do I do it?
I also feel like its something I NEED to do. Its not like I necessarily want to learn guitar or be a better writer or become a filmmaker, its like I feel like I HAVE to. And thats two seperate issues.
I look at my writers notebook or my guitar, and all I see and feel is writers or guitar block. Nothingness. I dont get it. Its not like I dont have something to say, as people on this board no doubt can attest to!
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Read "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott. She'll inspire you.
Check out HotValleyWriters.com, an online literary magazine that's looking for 100 word short fiction or short non-fiction pieces. Just 100 words. How hard can that be?
Have a glass or wine. Or two. Or five.
the easiest way to put it is to just start writing....it may be a sentence or a long rambling paragraph or 3 words...you got to start your brain...don't go in thinking you're gonna write the great american novel....and if you get blocked, stop and do something else...have a notebook with you all the time...sometimes ideas will come out of nowhere...
now if i could only follow my own advice :P
My girlfriend always has the most wonderful ideas after she comes back from Burning Man. Mostly it's the LSD she is on for 4 days straight but there is a lot of artistic inspiration out there. Go sit on a park bench for two hours and watch and listen to other people. Take a trip. It will come out eventually.