19 Daily Habits Of Artists That Can Help Unlock Your Creativity We at Synced Youth appreciate and encourage creativity. We believe God the Father Created everything and as His children we are created in His image. Therefore we inherited creativity. Feel free to create an art piece and bring it to our next Spring Gathering March 29th. You can use 1 or all of the themes this season. The theme is: Tribal, Flowers, Plants, Trees and Paisley. Heres an awesome article I found on being creative. 19 Daily Habits Of Artists That Can Help Unlock Your Creativity MORE: Creative Block Creativity Danielle Krysa The Jealous Curator How to Be More Creative The Third Metric Artist Advice Creative Block Book Art Advice Arts News You dont have to be a famous painter or sculptor to sympathize with the pains of creative block. Whether it comes on like a giant smack in the face or creeps up on you like a shiver down your spine, weve all dealt with the woes of being stuck. You second guess yourself, you dance around ideas and you feel like progress is miles away, all while the joys of creating take a back seat to the pressures we associate with success. A new book by the mind behind The Jealous Curator, Danielle Krysa, is tackling the overwhelming topic that is the block. She interviewed 50 professional and amateur, trained and self-taught artists to explore the ways in which the worlds most creative individuals overcome the universal feeling of doubt. The results, compiled into a beautiful collection of interviews and selected artworks called Creative Block, form a Bible for the artistically-inclined, chock full of advice and inspiration for writers, designers, painters, actors, dancers and everyone in between. Behold, 19 daily habits of artists that can help unlock your creativity: 1. Let go of your idea of perfect. I do have to step back, take a breather, and realize that it is just a project and not the end of the world if its not perfect. -Brooklyn-based illustrator and lettering master Mary Kate McDevitt 2. Allow yourself to have fun. It is when I find myself playing more than trying that I find my way out of a block. -New Hampshire-based artist and teacher Aris Moore 3. Dont be afraid to silence your inner critic. The inner critic is like that old friend from school that you wish would just leave you alone, but keeps calling and leaving messages. -UK-based collage illustrator Anthony Zinonos 4. Realize that you can be your own worst enemy. Not the work. Dont put barriers up that arent there -- just get to work and make something. -Portland, Oregon-based painter Lisa Golightly 5. But not all self-inflicted boundaries are bad. You have to set up the narrow parameters that you work in, and then within those, give yourself just enough room to be free and play. -New York-based painter Trey Speegle 6. Find your mantra and keep it close. I keep repeating my mantra, a quote by Charles Horton Cooley: An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. -Germany-based photographer Matthias Heiderich 7. Establish your me time. I love to start the morning with a peek at sites like Pinterest or Flickr while Im drinking coffee, in the early hours before the rest of my family wakes up. -Boston-based painter Leah Giberson 8. And indulge in some vices to reset. Intimacy, cocktails and music are excellent lubricants in and out of a rut. -Kansas City-based artist Peregrine Honig 9. Humble yourself from time to time. Im no genius and my work is only a reflection of my quirky insides -- you just cant take offense at what others think. -Toronto-based ceramics artist Wendy Walgate 10. When in doubt, ask for help. I could easily go around in endless circles with myself, questioning whether or not Im on the right track with something. I just have to stop myself, and ask for help. -Milwaukee-based artist Cassandra Smith 11. And be prepared to find inspiration in mundane places. [I find inspiration] at hardware stores, building sites, empty rooms, other peoples messes, in good design, conversations, and the time right before I fall asleep. -Austin, Texas-based designer Alyson Fox 12. To clear your mind, maybe you need to clear your work space. Once my studio was all set up, I really wanted to be in that room. It only seemed natural to start working again if I was sitting at a new desk. -Brooklyn-based designer Julia Rothman 13. Find another perspective, even if its physical. Sometimes its hard to see whats wrong, what needs to change. Thats when turning the painting upside down, or looking at it in a mirror, is a good trick. -Sweden-based illustrator Camilla Engman 14. Let yourself be impulsive! When I cant act on a sudden burst of inspiration, I feel a little like Ive held in a sneeze. -Chattanooga, Tennessee-based paper collage artist Hollie Chastain 15. Dont be afraid to see the adventure in a challenge. Its one of the most beautiful things about doing this -- you dont have to care... No one can wrestle the pencil out of your hand. You get to keep going in absolute defiance. -Toronto-based artist Amanda Happe 16. Because failure is only one moment before success. I try to remain open to taking risks in my work because I know failure can often lead to something amazing. -Rangeley, Maine-based artist Shannon Rankin 17. Dont be afraid to alter your process. I think its extremely important to evolve your practice and challenge yourself conceptually and technically. It would soon become tedious otherwise. -Adelaide, Australia-based artist Deidre But-Husaim 18. Sometimes, there wont be a finished product. And thats ok. In my own practice not every beginning is going to be a finished work. -Brooklyn-based artist Emily Barletta 19. Because creation can come from destruction. If Im having trouble with a textile or paper piece, I always cut it up. I love cutting things up. It restores the potential to the materials again. -Ontario-based artist Jessica Bell The Huffington Post | by Katherine Brooks
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:12:47 +0000