Have you heard of the book "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield? There's a lovely human-narrated version of it on YouTube. It's all about creative resistance. One of the main premises is that the more you are "meant to" do something, the more that activity is surrounded by a force field of resistance and things like cleaning the kitchen or sorting your socks seem WAY more important than working on your latest inspiration. It is a war.
“I have a bunch of ideas I want to work on, too many perhaps, but when I pick up a pen to get them down on paper for real, I am stuck. I am stricken with the very real need to clean the kitchen, drink a coffee, search amazon for an as-yet unknown miracle thing that will do something I didn’t know I needed it to do.” — God, this is me to a T.
Have you heard of the book "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield? There's a lovely human-narrated version of it on YouTube. It's all about creative resistance. One of the main premises is that the more you are "meant to" do something, the more that activity is surrounded by a force field of resistance and things like cleaning the kitchen or sorting your socks seem WAY more important than working on your latest inspiration. It is a war.
I haven't heard of that. Although it sounds familiar. Thank you. I'll give it a listen.
“I have a bunch of ideas I want to work on, too many perhaps, but when I pick up a pen to get them down on paper for real, I am stuck. I am stricken with the very real need to clean the kitchen, drink a coffee, search amazon for an as-yet unknown miracle thing that will do something I didn’t know I needed it to do.” — God, this is me to a T.
I feel your pain (and.strain!) Alex.
I hope you become unconstipated soon!
Joss
me too
Haha brilliant
I am looking forward to your next post about sketchbooks. I really do and I hope this comments will help you beet the procrastination for today.
yes it does. thank you
xxx
Did you consider collaborating with writers who already have stories that could be turned into graphic novels?