To be a creative person is to see creative opportunities everywhere, and despite this abundance, there can be times of rough, parched patches when inspiration is elusive. Almost like a dream that is fleeting upon waking, tendrils of inspiration can be gossamer and leave quietly before their impressions can be noted with care.
It seems that every artist has a go-to supply of activity or reflection that is a comfort for the moments of difficulty that make up the indefinite period of uncertainty that is the affliction of loss or lack of inspiration, yet it is still a typical part of the repertoire to seek out how others handle this when it comes to their door. To share a remedy for disappeared inspiration is also an exercise in warding off the silence of one’s own mind, and to cultivate an inspiration-seeking process for future use.
For my own, I find inspiration and joy in the natural world, in reading, and in seeking out the works of others. My own processes are very interior, but the spark or inspiration is often something quite external. Recently, I’ve chosen Circe, by Madeline Miller, to transport me to another time and place for inspiration and I am quite looking forward to what will come of it!
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