{"id":2741,"date":"2020-11-16T18:08:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skavichphotoblog.com\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2021-04-20T19:16:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T19:16:07","slug":"creative-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skavichphotoblog.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/16\/creative-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Blocks: Ways To Break Through"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creative Blocks: finding ways to keep the productive energy going<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This image is called Breaking Through for when you have those push through moments. Available has print on my website just click Breaking Through<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Creative Blocks, it is one of those things that sometimes a percentage of creatives, artists, photographers, writers, etc will go through.  I have gone through them and at first I found these bouts of lack of feeling inspired frustrating, in time I have learned to just go with it, ride it out, and take it has a chance to straighten some other things out in life or find some other way of letting the creative energy go in a different than usual direction. I\u2019d figure I would share a little of my experiences learnings and observations of these not so creatively motivated moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seascapes on morning strolls often seems to awaken a moment of creative flow for me. Soothing is is available as fine art print by clicking the link Buy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I first started photography, taking a lot of pictures is what I went out and did for awhile it was all new to me, exciting and easy to go out and take a lot of photographs. In time I began to improve and started to set standards for my work towards a direction I wanted to go has I moved from amateur to professional, with that decision and self chosen responsibility came pressure. In my experience where there is pressure to perform or achieve comes expectations and with expectations comes more standards to meet a self set criteria. With this new set (often probably not needed, different discussion) of self standards somewhere the fun if not careful can disappear and what was once a creative experience becomes an endeavor of labor. When things for me in the past have transitioned to this state of mind or flow I notice my work will change and become more redundant in approach and style. When this happens what has helped me breakthrough these feelings of pressure and back to having fun, I\u2019ll just take a break and try to focus on things that originally got me excited about either waves or photography. So I\u2019ll either just go for a surf or take a road trip to find different landscape subjects to take photographs of. This usually does the trick most of the time and has worked well for me in the past for getting things going again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road trips to new areas to heighten the senses helps to keep things fresh. This image can be purchased by clicking Restful<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then there is times when I have hit deeper moments of creative blocks, where I have moved down the checklist of tricks and nothing seems to work to get me going again. This is where I know to look a little harder at what is going on but not just with photography related things but with life. Is there something or things that have been weighing me down and having my head drifting in other places. This usually signals has a good time to reflect on and look over anything that has been going on in life. Is something getting to me financially, personally or was there some recent event, encounter or experience that had a deeper impact than initially realized. This is when it is good to just be and really slow things down and be aware of mental states of mind. For me I\u2019ve discovered if something is off on things that effect your day to day life or is causing frequent stress there can be a domino effect that seems to eventually overcast everything creatively and that seems to eventually overcast things personally has time is being taken away from doing the things that make you, you.. This is such a good time to put self care first and break through this stage of creative blocks,” first take care of self”, I believe the saying goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have found trips to the desert and places like Death Valley National Park to provide a good sense of balance compared to the majority of the imagery I take. Sand and Earth can be purchased as wall art by following the link buy now<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Burnout and fatigue, this is just when you have gone too hard for too long seemingly ignoring everything else. This for me has lead to moments of creative blocks to the point it feels like your can not go on anymore. Again also a time to slow things down when at this point of frustration and get some rest while readjusting goals and schedules to be able to stay fresh.  This is also when I\u2019ll try to mix it up if I\u2019m feeling burnout of just taking pictures of waves for example after pushing hardest through my favorite months of March through September I\u2019ll just go take photographs of let say fall foliage instead to keep my skills engaged, the sense of adventure going and most importantly the creative energy alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Road trips to track down colorful fall foliage like this moment from Acadia National park provide a good sense of reflection. Image available for print by clicking the link Center<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anyway as I am just coming out of a creative block where creating anything just seemed to not want to happen, I figured it would be a good time to reflect and share some of my experiences along my own artistic journey. Not all creative people have moments of blockage but for any of your that do go through it just find what works for you to get you back on your own creative path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sometimes I’ll just mix things up by changing my settings around and throwing on a flash to bring in some extra life for a sense of Inner Spark. Click Buy Now<\/a> to purchase this print.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Creative Blocks: finding ways to keep the productive energy going Creative Blocks, it is one of those things that sometimes a percentage of creatives, artists, photographers, writers, etc will go through.  I have gone through them and at first I found these bouts of lack of feeling inspired frustrating, in time I have learned to …<\/p>\n

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