Creatively Stuck? 3 Ways To Instantly Get Unstuck And Be More Creative
Getting stuck is something that happens to all of us who create.
That feeling that a creative project is slipping away from us and creating goes from feeling like walking on water without a care in the world, to trying to dance in slowly setting toffee. With your shoelaces tied together!
So what can you do when you start to feel stuck?
How can you get unstuck and creative again before you come to a complete standstill?
Here are 3 different ways you can use:
1. Change mediums. If you’re writing on a keyboard and start to feel those shoes getting a little heavier, try switching to a different medium. Often when I’m developing new articles and courses, I feel myself slowing down and getting confused, losing focus on the way through. So I close my laptop, go back to basics and get out a large piece of blank paper and a pot of coloured pens.
There’s nothing quite like the feel of putting pen to paper, and using colours and sketching and writing ideas in a non-linear way is a great way to help you unlock new ideas and find a different way to organise the project you were working on. When you’ve got your new ideas and direction, return back to typing.
You can make this kind of change to a different creative medium whatever your main creative form is. Just that simple change in medium can be very powerful in unlocking your creativity and enabling you to see things in a different light.
2. Change your physiology. Sometimes it’s being in the same position physically for a long time that can lead to your creative ideas and flow drying up. By changing your physiology and surroundings, you also change your perspective.
This can be as simple as standing and having a few stretches if you’ve been sitting for a while. Or maybe you need to take a walk around the block. Or have a quick dance. Whatever it is, make it something that changes your physical position, as this always then leads to a change in your creative thinking.
3. Visualise possible futures. This works especially well if you’re in the midst of a larger creative project and feel you’re losing sight of the end, or the outcome. Often it’s the creative process that is more important - and more enjoyable – than the end result, I’m not saying you should have a fixed outcome in mind every time.
But by visualising how the project might evolve, you can “try on different outfits for size” and see how they fit your project.
Stop, sit somewhere comfortable, close your eyes and just visualise how you think the project might evolve. Don’t try to force it, just let the pictures, sounds and feelings appear. Then, when you return to your project you’ll have a fresh perspective and be more clear about which direction to take your project in next.
These are all useful ways to get yourself creatively unstuck when you feels your steps are getting heavy.
Which can start to apply today in a creative project you’re stuck with?
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