I’ve given you excerpts from Steven Pressfield’s cut-through-the-crap-and-get-busy book The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles over the past few weeks. Today, I leave you with a final installment, and I hope that you will run your little fingers over to your favorite book-purchasing website and pick it[…]
We’ve all said it at least a million times: “If only I could get motivated, I would get started on this book/redecorating project/degree/workout!” How often have we just kept searching for that one thing that will make us finally get off our duffs and take action on that idea that we have? If you’re like[…]
There comes a time in your life when you reach a crossroads. You have a task/painting/manuscript/project in front of you. You know that it is within your power to push forward and accomplish it… and yet… I’ve found myself in this place so many times I get frustrated every time I think about it. While[…]
Artistic endeavors are often solitary projects. We sit alone with our… (choose your own instrument of expression)… and we seek to purge our souls of whatever has been fighting to be set free. We work feverishly (or leisurely) to create and at some point declare our creation “finished.” However, sometimes it just doesn’t feel finished. […]
For me, being inspired is all about looking outside of myself. Even when I dig deep inside to search for inspiration, which shovel I use is influenced by someone else. “No man is an island” and Creatives need others. This is why I’ve asked a few like-minded friends to share what inspires and motivates them[…]