Ever get into a creative funk? well thats where i am. A photographer i follow recently posted, “the more i create, the more confident i am, the less i create, the less confident I am…” and I totally agree. Maybe i am not creating enough. My funk right now is not a lack of ideas but a lack of execution. I am sitting on bout 10-15 ideas and for the life of me can’t seem to get to any one of them.
I go through these spells every now and again and usually just wait till some creative jolts pulls me out but man it sucks in the mean time.
Everything seems pointless. On hand there is the constant pressure to create personal work. On the other are the logistics of life and somewhere in the middle i am supposed to be amazing, when in all reality i don’t have no energy for neither. Feel me?
My mental capacity seems tapped. Common things are a struggle to get through never mind the planning that a production takes.
I am not sure where its coming from. You hit the top of the year with the greatest expectations for the time ahead so you can see how disappointing it is to only be a month in and feel like this. I think its all stemming from a lack inspiring work out in the world right now.
Usually in situation like this i would watch a slew of movies or listen to a ton of music to snap out of it but even that remedy is only providing a massive amount of what i feel is cliche’ work. Looking at a ton of photos, another source of inspiration, is also only proving to be futile. Everything looks the same, sounds the same, feels the same. Ugh! This sucks!
I know that creating my own work will help but its just getting it done that seems to be the block right now.
Any Suggestions?
By: Rick Navarro
Los Angeles Fashion & Entertainment Photographer