Creativity

This covers so much its hard to know what to say. Creative endeavours, activities, attempts. Thoughts, practicalities etc.
1st Jun 2010

Infinite cycles of badness

Cycles of goodness/badness
Cycles of goodness/badness

I don’t know if this is more about psychology than creativity, but I know that most creative types go through good and bad periods, times when they are prolific and times when they are not. One odd observation is that when I am getting lots done in terms of work/creative endeavours, I also have time to do the house-work and exercise. Why is that?

6th Feb 2010

Getting past the fear

Paths to Fear
It’s comfortable in the dark. Let the fear keep you safe.

Every writer, every researcher, anyone who is involved in a creative endeavour knows The Fear, or to give the beast its full title, The Fear of Being Wrong. When a writer states at an empty page, when an improviser freezes on an empty stage, it is The Fear that is at work, telling us that “if you don’t play you can’t lose.”