Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Purging Purgatory: Three Ways to Free Yourself from the No-Man’s Land of Creative Blocks


This is a brief excerpt from thePhoBlographer




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Few things can be more agonizing for an artist than the purgatory of a creative block. It is a dangerously stale landscape, and it can last days. Months. Even years. The latter perhaps being worse than a prison sentence, because at least in prison there’s someone to feed you, and there are no dishes to clean, no vacuuming to do, or bills to pay. And everyone knows these are some of the least favorite things for an artist to have to deal with in daily life, let alone your average human.

But worse yet, the thought of having to tackle daily responsibilities while the lack of creative flow looms is enough to make anyone beg for mercy. Either that, or finally dust off their gifted copy of The Artist’s Way and give those Morning Pages a chance to work some magic.

Any glitch in the output, mild or severe, can truly create a sense of imprisonment, and if left unchecked can shackle other areas of your life, leading to a range of emotional, mental and physical suffering.


Image by Dorianne Wotton


Being ‘blocked’ can feel overwhelming as a result of too many ideas and …



By: Chris Gampat


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