ARE YOU FEELING BLOCKED?
If so, I come bearing good news:
You haven’t fallen prey to an irreversible deeply malevolent hex that has forever destroyed your ability to create. 🙃 Hurray!
The not-so-good news? You’re in your own way.
Stay with me.
Creative block does NOT
▶️ reflect lack of talent or ability
▶️ indicate laziness or lack of “discipline”
▶️ mean you will never actualise your creative ambitions.
#thatsarelief 👏🏻
It DOES however stop you in your creative tracks.
WHY? 👉🏻
Because somewhere deep down inside of you there are beliefs that you’re not good enough. That it’s unsafe, that it’s unstable, that what you’re doing is not “sensible”.
WTF? YEP.
Creative block is an intelligent response. It’s your brain trying to protect you. Go, Brain!
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?
If you’re feeling stuck get up close and personal to your relationship with your creativity: what voices have you inherited and listened to? Who told you you couldn’t? In what ways are you believing them and allowing them to impact your creative life? 🔥
This can liberating, Yes. And intimidating. 😯
WHY?
Because block having nothing to with externals (YAY) means it has everything to do with YOU.
if you’d like support navigating creative block and embracing your super-skills book a conversation. The journey starts when you… start. And we’re here for your next right step. 🌍 👣
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JEALOUSY POINTS THE WAY
JEALOUSY IS YOUR CREATIVE BEST FRIEND 👏🏻
Didn’t see that one coming did you? 😂
No more than defensiveness pointing the way to things we have yet to heal within ourselves, the things that make you most creatively jealous are sure-fire arrows guiding you towards that which you hold in your heart. 🔥
If it makes you jealous:
1. You want it
2. You can have it 🙌🏻
Sure, you might need to upskill, establish some snazzy growth goals, find and work with an amazing creative coach (😂🫱🏻🫲🏼) but if it calls you and strikes a JEALOUS AS chord, it’s the a great place to start. 🫱🏻🫲🏼
Oftentimes when we’re feeling blocked, it can feel like we don’t know what we want. It’s difficult to find direction and resentment and hurt can start to build.
Top tip: Look to where you get most creatively jealous.
It’s an excellent place to start. 🙌🏻
If this hits a chord and you’re ready to get up close and personal with that which makes your jealous chords sing, book a discovery call and let’s chat.
Who knows what we might find? 👀
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ARE YOU IN YOUR OWN WAY?
Do you know you have creativity bursting inside of you but need X, Y or Z?
Do you know you have something of value to offer the world but your projects sit on a “𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵-𝘥𝘰-𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭-𝘥𝘰-𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘥𝘢𝘺” shelf?
If you find yourself:
-blaming others for your lack of creative progress
-placing “this” or “that” in front of your next step
-waiting on time, money or resources or
-feel wildly jealous when you look at your SM feed? 🙃
The good news is: you’re not alone. 🫱🏻🫲🏼
We’ve grown up in a world that convinces us we're not ready. Not yet.. not until we ABC.
We become annoyed by creatives who DID have “insert what-they-had here” and become overly critical of their work and ourselves.
💡The not-so-great news is it’s not time or resource: it’s 𝐔𝐒. We're standing in our 𝐎𝗪𝐍 way.
The hard truth is:
Creatives are resourceful, innovative. Relying on external sources holds us back from control within reach… a way we CAN move forward, one we might not even 𝐬𝐞𝐞. 👀
The time-money-resource myth is the biggest creative trap going. After 11+ years working with creatives, I see it time and again.
When you allow the world to convince you you’re not ready or it’s “their” fault, You forget:
💡Your ability is WITHIN YOU.
💡It’s inside YOUR fingertips.
💡It exists in YOUR mind and chest… no-one else.
There is NO ONE better positioned to step into YOUR creative vision.
You don’t have to wait or get rich or move to a hut way out west. 🙃 You’re never ready, no-one is, NO-ONE knows what they’re doing.
The difficult work - the 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 part - is accepting creative responsibility. Admitting even if we don’t know HOW we know we're READY to step up to the plate. 👏🏻
If you'd like help or support around making that shift on your creative journey: DM "creative".
It takes bravery, but each step is so incredibly worth it and it's the MOST courageous fun you can have. 🔥 #biased 😂
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THE DISCIPLINE TRAP
As creatives, it can be tempting to place monastic expectations on what it takes to make progress.
We convince ourselves that we need to be “whipped into shape” and so, cling to time-consuming, soul-crunching disciplinary approaches.
Why?
Uncertainty, that’s why.
Uncertainty everywhere we look.
We set out with a vague inking for a project only to find ourselves whisked off in an entirely unexpected direction.
We can’t control how our work will form, none the less how it will be received. And so, it can be tempting to ground our work (and self-worth) in military discipline.
It’s the one thing we can cling to and often do so to such an extent that it’s the discipline that becomes the point rather than the work itself.
Losing our creative selves to militant discipline is tempting.
Lacking formal career infrastructure we can easily over-compensate to the point of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual exhaustion.
We convince ourselves we’ve “more to prove” than those on more traditional career paths. We find ourselves burnt out time and again. Or worse, we spin off onto other equally destructive paths in an effort to find equilibrium.
It makes sense that we over-control our inner artist. It’s the only thing that we can.
While it might work in the short-run, in the long-run it leads to building stress, resentments and increasing frustration. Creative flow stagnates. Ideas no longer flow freely, anxiety builds and we either inwardly revolt or outwardly rebel.
The part of us that creates the best does 𝐧𝐨𝐭 respond well to being driven and whipped into shape.
It operates from a place of 𝐣𝐨𝐲 not willpower + effort.
We need our playful exploration back.
But how?
Julia Cameron offers a meaningful reframe in the book “The Artist’s Way”. In it she offers an alternative path - the path of enthusiasm ahead of ruthless self-discipline.
𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐀𝐒𝐌 provides the creative with an ongoing energy supply. 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐀S𝐌 keeps us showing up for the love of the work, creative adventure, it's what keeps us coming back for 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.
𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐦 is what 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤s 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬… + 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬!
This is one of the mindset shifts I offer to the creatives I work with. Creative work is difficult: it’s brave + vulnerable + takes commitment but then it’s all PLAY.
Quick tip: If your inner artist child would be bored or miserable doing as you’re doing, there’s a high chance you’re pursuing discipline for discipline’s sake.
If you’d benefit from support around pursuing your creative growth and goals, get in touch.
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THE RESPONSIBLE DREAM
Following your dreams can be delightfully responsible.
People often confuse “following your dreams” with the idea of a “reckless leap into an unknown abyss”. One that can only end in irresponsible demise. In practice, the opposite is true. Most often, it’s the people who talk about following your dreams being “reckless” that turn out to be - you guessed it - NOT following their dreams.
In reality following your dreams in the everyday looks like consistent, manageable steps forward. Practical, concrete and - controversially - one of the most responsible ways to live your life. If you are solely responsible for your happiness and you and ONLY you can create the way you do, surely it tracks that if you’re NOT following your own dreams and instead are attempting to shoehorn yourself into someone ELSE’S idea of reality then THAT’S irresponsible and likely not the best use of your one precious life on this Earth?
This is the work we do with creative clients at SPINSTER. We’re not in the game of reckless abandon. Informed Risk and Educated Discovery is a fundamental part of the process. It’s how we creatively strategise. Together with our clients, we work on incremental changes over a sustained period of time. Research and experience have proven that this method of growth - guided turtle steps forward - is the surest way to achieve meaningful change.
The only thing worse that not answering the call: is CONTINUING to not answer the call. Are you ready to answer?
Book a discovery on our contact page to discuss how we might support you and your creative visions. 🔥
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DESIRES AREN'T RANDOM
WHAT DO YOU REACH FOR? HOW DO YOU PLAY?
The life you were meant to lead rests in the desires you hold.
It’s hidden inside of the things that stir you, that light you up, that break your heart.
🕸️ Your talents are not random.
🕸️ They didn’t emerge from a vacuum.
🕸️ Your abilities and desires are born of a unique cobweb of interests, wants, experiences and hidden depths.
🕸️ You create from a long line of music lovers or singers or insert-other-influence here.
🕸️ Your interests are greatly informed by the things you were (literally) BUILT to do.
To dismiss your interests, latent talents and desires as frivolous is to dismiss your destiny. It’s that big of a deal.
There is a divine map at play that is none of your business. :)
You want it for a reason.
It’s not random.
It’s evolution.
… it’s creativity at its best. 👏🏻
If you desire it, you can claim it. Get in touch today, and we can chat about how.
🫱🏻🫲🏼
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