tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post111078001198794236..comments2024-01-07T00:44:10.737-08:00Comments on Lisa Snellings: Why I never get blocked...maybe.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17033378825749946868noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-1112038718859546152005-03-28T11:38:00.000-08:002005-03-28T11:38:00.000-08:00Thanks for the inspiring, insightful comments.I wa...Thanks for the inspiring, insightful comments.I was actually <BR/>"playing catch up" with your site<BR/>since I haven't visited in a couple of weeks, and this was just the message(s) I needed to get out<BR/>of this chair and in the Museum where I'm putting together an exhibit. <BR/>On the "threes" - since beginning a very strange relationship with a full-blood Eastern Band Cherokee,<BR/>the pattern of 3 occurs constantly. And crows are my companions as I walk to work. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-1110862340414195502005-03-14T20:52:00.000-08:002005-03-14T20:52:00.000-08:00Glad you're on the mend...today was a better day f...Glad you're on the mend...today was a better day for me as well. My problem with getting blocked in my creativity mostly comes from me not doing exactly what you do...just sit down and do something. I often find myself waiting to be inspired rather than diving right in and making inspiration work for me. I was very encouraged by what you had to say. Thanks...you were missed!Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-1110821064276814682005-03-14T09:24:00.000-08:002005-03-14T09:24:00.000-08:00When I'm having trouble with a design (whether fin...When I'm having trouble with a design (whether finding an idea or finishing a particularly obstreperous one), I get a lot of inspiration from colors. Unusual combinations of contrasting and competing colors. Something about the lime green against hot red seems to loosen my brain into accepting new patterns, seeing new possibilities.<BR/>Glad your back among the free breathing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9604161.post-1110815522199327192005-03-14T07:52:00.000-08:002005-03-14T07:52:00.000-08:00I know that when it comes to writing I am exactly ...I know that when it comes to writing I am exactly the same way. At least when comes to technical writing, which is my job, as opposed to creative writing, which is what I'm TRYING to get back into via journaling. If I can't seem to get thoughts together on a project, the best thing to do is just start typing, and eventually, without fail, it comes together.<BR/><BR/>I've never really felt anything like "writer's block" in the typical sense. My biggest obstacle in creative writing, though, is a sort of self-defeating need to feel that I have something important to say before I bother sitting down to write. I think it's largely due to having such limited time to devote to creativity -- with all the standard work/family demands, I really have to feel that the result will be worthwhile before I devote the time to it. I know I've got a bunch of thoughts and ideas floating around that I'd love to express, but I just don't feel like they've gelled enough to know that, when I sit at the keyboard, something good will happen. <BR/><BR/>I honestly think a lot of writer's/artist's block stems from this sort of lack of focus, from an unwillingness to try something without knowing whether it will work out.Gregg P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04473512992835037980noreply@blogger.com