What to do with your feelings - Austin Kleon
When creative anxiety strikes, spend 2-3 minutes doodling anything, like shapes, patterns, or random objects. This will engage your creative neural pathways without the pressure of your main project, leading to renewed creative energy
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity
This is something I would recommend to everyone; use the energy that anger gives you to create something new or to get your house in order. Repurpose it. The next time you feel as though everything is broken, as though you have nothing to give, get creative.
Arlan Hamilton • It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated into Your Greatest Advantage
Let’s say we create a sketch. It’s really exciting, and then we think, “OK, this is going to make a great oil painting.” And now we spend months working on the painting. Many people find it hard, after putting months into a painting, to look back and say, “You know what? That first five-minute sketch is actually better than the painting. That’s the
... See moreRick Rubin • Creativity, According to Rick Rubin
If you’re a creative person who struggles with perfectionism, you’ve likely experienced this paralyzing cycle. But the good news is that very same anxious energy actually contains the raw material for creative momentum. The key lies in learning to flip a switch in your brain, transforming anxiety into its close cousin: curiosity.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • The Anxiety-Curiosity Switch: How to Redirect Your Mental Energy for Creativity
These charged emotions, powerful when expressed in the work, are the same dark clouds that beg to be numbed to allow sleep or to get out of bed and face the day in the morning. It’s a blessing and a curse.