When Inspiration Leaves
From time to time, well it happens more often than not, inspiration will just leave me. A project will come up and I can think of nothing to do for it. I end up staring at my screen for hours hoping for something to pop into my mind, but it rarely does. So what do I do, I try and jump start my creativity.
Check out websites.
Here are a few sites that I will immediately go to for some inspiration. That does not mean you go there to steal ideas, just be inspired! Graphic Exchange, VLU, Flickr, AdHunt and Inspiredology are just a few.
Play some games.
Video games have always been a great way for me to relax. Sometimes I just need to stop what I am doing and play some dumb online games. Kongregate is the biz-omb for quick online games!
Read, the old fashion way.
Reading is another way for me to get out of my funk. Magazines are filed with wonderful articles, layouts and ads. I also have a library of old readers digest books, going through those are wonderful. The colors, typography and layout and amazing. Also, check out the bible. God’s word is filled with stories that can inspire anyone.
Go outside.
Sometimes just stopping what I am doing and going outside is all I need. To feel the rain, snow, wind or sun on your skin can recharge you. Nature is the most beautiful work of art there is.
What do you do?
These are just a few things I do, but what do you do? Help me out because I can feel that today is one of those blah days.
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There’s an amazing bookshop not far from where I work and when I feel absent or uninspired I usually go there, grab a pile of books and magazines about anything random that grabs my fancy and order a tall skinny cap with an extra shot. Sitting there reading, and sometimes just sitting people-watching, I get a sense of the city I live in and the people around and that usually brings me back around.