Creativity and Procrastination are permanent bedfellows for many artists. Why do we do this? It seems to be all wrapped up in our self valuation. Not evaluation, but valuation. We get an idea, a good idea, or we get a commission. The second involves a deadline, the first does not.
The idea may come to fruition if :
1. time allows
2. all supplies needed are at hand
Have you ever gotten a good creative idea and then by the time you have shopped and purchased all the supplies you can't remember what you were going to create? Happens to us all the time, especially since we have to have a travel day to procure such items.
The commission hangs up on niggling little thoughts:
1. what if my work isn't what they were expecting...
2. maybe it's not good enough...
So the procrastination begins.
With the creative idea, we need to write down and sketch out the bones of the idea and then remember where the details are; another problem in itself, unfortunately.
The person commissioning our work thinks we are good enough or they wouldn't have asked us. I've seen this line in a signature of a graphic designer, and it is funny and sad:
"I love deadlines, I love the sound they make when they go whooshing by."
If you would like a good read here is one for you:
How to Be More Productive, Part 1
The idea may come to fruition if :
1. time allows
2. all supplies needed are at hand
Have you ever gotten a good creative idea and then by the time you have shopped and purchased all the supplies you can't remember what you were going to create? Happens to us all the time, especially since we have to have a travel day to procure such items.
The commission hangs up on niggling little thoughts:
1. what if my work isn't what they were expecting...
2. maybe it's not good enough...
So the procrastination begins.
With the creative idea, we need to write down and sketch out the bones of the idea and then remember where the details are; another problem in itself, unfortunately.
The person commissioning our work thinks we are good enough or they wouldn't have asked us. I've seen this line in a signature of a graphic designer, and it is funny and sad:
"I love deadlines, I love the sound they make when they go whooshing by."
If you would like a good read here is one for you:
How to Be More Productive, Part 1
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