Escaping Quicksand
I’ve found myself creatively stuck for the past two months. I’ve been in a depressive cloud that has been draining me of my usual will to write or work on a project.
Without disclosing too many personal details, things have been a little upsetting lately and some new changes in my life are on their way. The impending doom of what is to come for me has my mind obsessively mulling over these upcoming affairs. I’ve tried to sit myself down to work on the second and third drafts of my previous script work or even on my new project. However, the moment I come to my desk to type, all the details and ideas leave me, despite it mulling over in my imagination all day.
However, yesterday I had the best breakthrough with writing I’ve had in a while. I was able to get a decent amount of pages into my new project on my first draft script and complete other creative tasks before my usual bedtime, which is never early, to say the least. I want to keep this routine and work train alive in fear of losing it for another couple of months and wasting time.
Two weeks ago I started The Artist’s Way, which is a workbook to help artists stuck in a rut. It is popular for helping Doechii get herself out of a creative hole and was made known to me by other creatives as the sign of a depressed artist if you ever find them reading it on a park bench. Well.
I gave it a try and honestly, I found it quite enjoyable for my brief time testing it out. I am a journal fanatic, hence the prompts intrigued me and I enjoyed reading my pages at night on my Kindle before dozing off. However, I fell off in my first week, despite my consistent morning pages, because things got a little difficult again. However, I am determined once more to return to the grind with the workbook to help myself get out of this foggy writer’s block. As of today, I am on day four of week one. For the weekly reflection, I plan to blog about the lesson of the week and my progress. As I type this I feel like this sounds akin to a bible study, hilariously enough. Hopefully, if any of you reading this are considering doing The Artist’s Way, you can keep me on my toes to push through this workbook and maybe my posts might encourage you wherever you are in your creative journey.
As I resuscitate my creativity, I want to return to this little blog. I am sorry to say it got abandoned in the wake of unpleasant times, but I am back. I also own this domain, so I need to ensure I’m getting the most out of this platform. With all that being said, expect more postings, though some may seem delayed or a bit late in terms of relevancy, at least they’re coming to fruition. Happy blogging, angels.
