8/17/2023 0 Comments Husband after wife meltdown meme![]() ![]() This is something we have seen time and again in ourselves, our readers, our clients, our favorite artists, and the world around us. I mean, come one, think about how many people turn their pain and/or grief into poignant memoirs! On the one hand, this would seem to fit with the logic that, if I have been in a bad place emotionally for the last couple weeks, I would be having trouble with writing and creativity in general. On the other hand, that doesn't fit at all with something Eleanor and I have suggested many times here at WYG: that is, that the deep emotions of our grief can give us deep inspiration to create. not to mention problem-solve better and have greater adaptability. So, if we feel good, we create more and better. There is a belief out there, in both psychology and business, that positive emotions make us more creative. It's an interesting read-but don't worry, I'll give you the low-down if you don't have time to check it out. That's right, I was not even capable of stringing together 140 coherent characters. But while scrolling, I stumbled on this article from the Harvard Business Review on Emotions That Make Us More Creative. ( Give us a follow if you haven't already!). I wasn't tweeting, mind you, as that would have required an ability to write something. This morning, as my total creative meltdown continued, I was killing time on Twitter. ![]() ![]() I blew some dust off my camera and threw it in my bag, determined to get out and take some photos to get the creative juices flowing. I tried to put the post aside and journal instead, just to get things going. I tried to resurrect old, unfinished essays that have been saved on my computer just waiting to come out of hiding. I started and restarted at least four posts. Over the last week, I stared at dozens of blank computer screens. Eleanor is enjoying a well-deserved vacation and, as such, it was my job to post on Tuesday. For a zillion reasons, I have been in a pretty bad place the last couple weeks. If you hold your breath and count the days between WYG posts, you may have already guessed that I am writing this because I have been in a bit of a creative funk. Soon you're laying on your sofa watching a Criminal Minds marathon feeling bad about your grief, and even worse about the fact that you can't find whatever spark it is that allows you to create. The next day, you're staring at your paper/canvas/computer/guitar/camera/whatever completely unable to move. One day you're expressing your heart out, working through the complex emotions of grief. Creative blocks can come on slow or, in my experience, they can hit like a ton of bricks. ![]()
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