How to Conquer Creative Stagnation

What is our enemy? Creative stagnation. What the way? To conquer and overcome it.

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1. Creative off-roading

To take your works, and “off road” it. Break free of the traditional paths. Like my friend Søren Zhane going AI and silicon artistry.

2. Allow yourself to become a renaissance person

If you think about Leonardo da Vinci, what we mostly know him as? We know he mostly as a painter, but he explored everything. He designed war machines, stage sets, and integrated science art and math together in a virtuous and artistic way.

For myself personally, the more I allow myself to explore other random creative endeavors, the better.

For example, my passion for abstract art. Calligraphy. Great cinema. Music, and making beats.

3. The best creative stimulants

I think the best creative stimulants include black coffee with no creamer no sugar, 100% cacao powder, fresh air outdoors, exposure to trees, coffee shop vibes, sunlight or sunshine or natural light, and music.

4. Use the simplest tool possible

Even now as I create this blog post, I am walking around the block with baby Seneca strapped to my chest with the baby bjorn carrier, and using Siri iPhone voice dictate. I have even been blogging on the iOS WordPress app, and I love it.

5. There is no ideal or optimal time to be creative

I think this is a big thing I learned especially after becoming a parent. There is truly no ideal or optimal time to be creative. Rather, we should think about creativity coursing through our veins very much like how blood naturally flow through a body without us thinking about it, or how we breathe subconsciously. For example, you breathe without thinking about it, or forcing yourself to breathe. Shouldn’t Creativity be the same?

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