Microsoft Designer
With a sturdy cup of decaf and the shades partially open. I begin the day like most any in front of the keyboard squeezing my brain for a few drops of wisdom. Some days my brain is dripping wet making a mess on the floor. While others are like today empty and dry, with not enough wisdom to wash a flea. So I sit here missing the sunshine outside, but not missing the heat or the gnats.
It's just that my energy seems to flow better outside. Without the noise of the fans, and the sudden interruptions by someone barging into the room. But you take what you get when wrestling between freedom and obligation. So what do you do? I suppose you muster up the strength to jump back into the frame. But often that requires minutes, hours, or even weeks to re-tap the source. If you're waiting for me to give you an all purpose solution for this problem, I’m sorry. I definitely don’t have the perfect answer.
But I think the answer lies in how well you can clear your mind of interruptions. A friend asked a question a few days ago about creativity and what to do when you can’t find the right words to say. My only advice was to simply clear your mind and let the words flow. Sadly though, this is one of those examples where I often don’t practice what I preach.
That’s because for several days I’ve been trying to write a story about something that recently happened to me. Unfortunately every time I started to write my flow got interrupted, mostly by me packing in too many details. Now my proposed masterpiece sits with a number of other drafts in a digital graveyard. I suppose my point is, not everything is going to be great. But that shouldn’t stop you from trying to create or produce. The old saying goes, “practice makes perfect”. So work with what you got and keep squeezing.
It's just that my energy seems to flow better outside. Without the noise of the fans, and the sudden interruptions by someone barging into the room. But you take what you get when wrestling between freedom and obligation. So what do you do? I suppose you muster up the strength to jump back into the frame. But often that requires minutes, hours, or even weeks to re-tap the source. If you're waiting for me to give you an all purpose solution for this problem, I’m sorry. I definitely don’t have the perfect answer.
But I think the answer lies in how well you can clear your mind of interruptions. A friend asked a question a few days ago about creativity and what to do when you can’t find the right words to say. My only advice was to simply clear your mind and let the words flow. Sadly though, this is one of those examples where I often don’t practice what I preach.
That’s because for several days I’ve been trying to write a story about something that recently happened to me. Unfortunately every time I started to write my flow got interrupted, mostly by me packing in too many details. Now my proposed masterpiece sits with a number of other drafts in a digital graveyard. I suppose my point is, not everything is going to be great. But that shouldn’t stop you from trying to create or produce. The old saying goes, “practice makes perfect”. So work with what you got and keep squeezing.
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