I was once upon a time, very excited about my drive to get back into writing and working on my art. I was so amped up about it I was dreaming of shoving it together with a comic book. Wouldn’t that be great? I was getting very excited about scheming up these great ideas. But then my ever “friendly” self-doubt appeared. I started thinking about the comic I was once writing called “Cupid’s Contracts”. I had the entire script of the first story written. All I had to do was draw up the images to be placed with the words. That was a lot more difficult than I expected. In time, I gave up on that. Remembering that makes want to give up on all my creations now. Sometimes it feels like the only thing holding me to my work is the money I’ve poured into it all.
Then that brings me back to the great detail how these creations make me feel. I enjoy them and it makes me smile putting my creations on paper. It might be words or it could be paint. I simply need to allow myself time to find my drive again. The creation block exists. An idea hits me which makes me excited about bringing it to life. Then challenges hit risking the possibility of it all crashing down. When I hit those scary moments, I know it’s time to step away. Maybe I’ll step away for a couple hours or maybe it will be a couple days. I know it will come back.
Long story short. I know I need to be careful about making major decisions about my career when I am in a creative slump. There’s no need to throw away all my creative ideas right at this moment. I’m on a creative slump, but that doesn’t mean my creativity has completely died. It simply means I need to take a break. Maybe typing all this out on a blog post will get my worries out of my head so I can focus on my story. Maybe thinking all this through will spark an image to come to life I want to draw up. Who knows? All I do know is creativity will not be active 24/7 for me. I am okay with that. I need to use this slump to take a creative break, so my mind is fresh and ready to go once the spark comes back.
It is okay to take a creative break. Especially if it means I’ll come back even stronger!
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