Sometimes when I lose all desire to blog, take photos, be creative, write (as someone who is self employed this is sort of like firing yourself) I have to stop being outward and look inwards for inspiration.
What I do with my blog, most of the time, leaves you extremely exposed. Putting photos online, updating four social media platforms daily all the while trying to have something new to say (literally and metaphorically) just leaves the creative well dry sometimes.
So I’m spending a bit of time in my new home at the moment, taking photos of little things around me and trying to organise my brain into action for new ideas.
I am quite sure that I’m not alone in this so help me friends: what do you do when you have writers block? When you have a wardrobe full of clothes but nothing to wear? When the desire to be creative just isn’t there?
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I think these are my favourite Lady Melbourne pics ever! Just beautiful.
p.s. Can you remind me where you found that divine red skirt in the picture above? 🙂
Thank-you
Lady Melbourne, over summer I found a beautiful book (which is also a short film) that I have shown to my primary class as a way to discuss writers block and the rhythms of inspiration. It is a beautiful piece and I highly recommend that you cosy up on the couch, with a warm drink and delight in it 🙂
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris-check out the short film on YouTube 🙂 Sorry, I am not great at hyperlinks but it will come up number 1 on the search.
Have a nice day,
Lauren
I turn to my muses. Watch classic movies, read favorite magazines and books and fall in love with what makes me who I am. I am a mixture of all the people who inspire me. I am my own super Muse!
Hey very interesting blog!
I dig out my big box of photos that have captured my life since birth. Pour a wine, turn the music up loud (Bonny Pointer first), play dress ups….& dance! x
Nothing better than going somewhere new, escaping the places you see every day, seeing your things and yourself in a completely unfamiliar context. If only you had some kind of amazing trip on the horizon…
P.s I have to agree with Meryl!
Thank you 🙂
The first pic in this entry is just stunning, possibly my favourite LM photo yet. I so want that red skirt and I have SERIOUS hair envy too, your hair is gorgeous. My advice is to just relax and ride the block out, it won’t last forever.
You could pick a lucky reader and make outfits out of their wardrobe! You’d be helping them out and have fun dressing up?? Just a silly idea and I need help and ideas! 🙂
Hi girl 🙂
When i feel this way making a cup of coffee, and reading a book usually does it for me…
However i struggle many times a month…:)
Have a great day from a cloudy Oslo 🙂
I fill up my well, and find inspiration, in other people’s creative work, like Flamingo says above. I read and day dream and slow everything right down. You need to create space for the energy to come back, and rubbing (for me) books together sparks off ideas and threads and pathways that can be followed.
Maybe you’re doing too much online stuff? That’s a lot of recording of your daily life and as you say, it means that everything is out there. I keep facebook as a depository for things I come across that I like; it’s not one of my platforms. I tweet professionally and I blog (a public one in my name and an anonymous one). They all have defined purposes, maybe that’s something to think about as well.
I would say it’s time to invest in a stash of your favourite magazines, catch up on some movies you have been dying to see but haven’t and listen to some new music. When i’m struggling creatively, I relax and look to my fellow creatives to reignite the fire 🙂
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Lady Melbourne, when you have writers block – it’s time to get into the kitchen and make a delicious cupcake with a good cuppa, and not think about anything at all!!! I think if anything, your mind is saying – have a rest and some time off – which I am sure you deserve.
If nothing – you could always stay at my beach house x
Donna