Even at our most creative moments, we could go further if it were not for that little voice inside our head.
And that little voice puts up roadblocks. Sometimes those roadblocks are real, but more often those roadblocks are completely constructed from nothing but irrational fear or the most basic of actions. Perhaps knowing that other people share many of the same silly roadblocks–and even knowing what some of them are–will help us all move through them.
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So today’s post is simple. Let’s put it out there. Just complete the sentence “I’d be more creative if…”
I’ll start us off. I’d be more creative if I more regularly created the quietness in my life that creativity requires.
Now it’s your turn.
[Why Do We Fail poster by Allen Ruppersberg]
I would be more creative if I focused on the story more than the picture.
I’d be more creative if I followed through on executing random photography project ideas, rather than thinking “what’s the point? how will that ‘get me anywhere’?” and simply not do it.
Stopped all the excuses…
I would be more creative if I wasn’t so afraid to go with my initial thoughts and not second guess myself.
I’d be more creative if I got up at 6am every morning to run.
I’d be more creative if I read more books and saw more films.
I’d be more creative if I made photography a ritual.
I’d be more creative if I deleted all RSS feeds.
I’d be more creative if I made it my goal to make as many mistakes as fast as I could, then learn from them all.
I am going to print this out and live by it TODAY.