Creative Expression AWOL

[Scopulus Argentarius]

Go somewhere, or do anything, that removes you from your normal focus.

You could go out of your comfort zone. Meet new people. Do something (mundane but different) you've not done before.. but Collect the details. Sleep on those memories. Then the next time you stare at a blank, reflect on your recent new experiences.

Good luck....

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Scopulus Argentarius

Go somewhere, or do anything, that removes you from your normal focus.

You could go out of your comfort zone. Meet new people. Do something (mundane but different) you've not done before.. but Collect the details. Sleep on those memories. Then the next time you stare at a blank, reflect on your recent new experiences.

Good luck....

These are good suggestions. I would offer one change, though. Go somewhere, or do anything, that removes you from your normal distractions.

Getting away from the things that I habitually give my attention to permits me to devote my energy to the task at hand, rather than diffuse my energy among many small (or large) diversions. There are some times, and some situations where I can be juggling several different ideas/projects/thoughts at one time. When I am at work, for example, this is the normal state of affairs. When I need to focus my creative energies there, I have to take explicit steps to block other inputs I normally permit.

I turn off the email notification, I take the phone off the hook, I close the door, I turn on some music to mask the chatter bombarding me over the cube walls, you get the idea. This strategy has a big impact on my ability to direct that creative energy, literally to deliberately focus my energy on a given subject. By not spreading it across multiple subjects (even thinking about other topics), I'm able to increase my chances of making progress.