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How to stay creative

Journal Entry: Fri Jun 1, 2012, 1:47 AM

  1. Make lists

  2. Carry a notebook everywhere

  3. Get away from the computer

  4. Quit beating yourself up

  5. Take breaks

  6. Sing in the shower

  7. Drink coffee

  8. Know your roots

  9. Ask "What if …?"

  10. Constantly risk absurdity

  11. Listen to new music

  12. Rock the boat

  13. Surround yourself with creative people

  14. Get feedback

  15. Collaborate

  16. Don't give up

  17. Practise, practise, practise

  18. Make mistakes on purpose

  19. Go somewhere new

  20. Watch foreign films

  21. Break the rules

  22. Start a gratitude list

  23. Get lots of rest

  24. Take risks

  25. Write your own myth

  26. Do more of what makes you happy

  27. Don't push the river

  28. Read a page of the dictionary

  29. Stop trying to be someone else's perfect

  30. Got an idea? Write it down

  31. Clean your workspace

  32. Have fun

  33. Learn something new

  34. Create reckless juxtapositions

  35. Make a visual pinboard [link]

  36. Finish something

  37. Take a walk

  38. Get curious

  39. Don't ask – "What's it for?" "Who will like it?" or "Who will buy it?"

  40. Be kind to yourself



  
  
  


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:iconshards0fwords:
~shards0fwords Dec 20, 2012  Student General Artist
listen to music that you can't help -not- sing along to.
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:iconhogret:
Indeed, yes!!
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:iconsethfitts:
*SethFitts Aug 21, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
I want to copy and repost this journal.
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:iconhogret:
Go for it!
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:icondholms:
woo!
that's a heckuva list!
some very good advice!
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:iconkatdiestel:
oh man, with all these rules, it is not surprising that i am so uncreative at the moment ... ;)
but then some days ago i have started making rather small books from empty cigarette paper booklets. that was and is fun! only that photos might be difficult to upload (or does wanting to upload digital versions sabotage rule 39?)
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:iconarchambers:
I am certainly going to save this list.

Something I may add is a little slogan I wrote in one of my journals, "Patience, Focus, Discipline"
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:iconhogret:
Patience is a very good addition!
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:iconscottman2th:
getting away from the computer is spot on
the only drawback is not having contact
with brilliant artists like yourself to inspire
latent creativity.
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