I work in a few different, but related, media. I never know where it's going to go and if I get stuck I feel better by taking a break and doing something totally different, but still creative, to move something else along. Each one informs the other and I feel better for having stretched my creative muscle differently.
My mother said (of her weavings) that the smaller ones FED the bigger work. Now I do this, too. When the big woven work feels too overwhelming to work on, or I “only have 45 minutes,” I’ll work on a smaller piece and feel the completion satisfaction that propels me to come back tomorrow (or after lunch) and work on the bigger one. Is it dopamine? The completion of a small work kicks in that “I’m a Badass” hormone.
I work in a few different, but related, media. I never know where it's going to go and if I get stuck I feel better by taking a break and doing something totally different, but still creative, to move something else along. Each one informs the other and I feel better for having stretched my creative muscle differently.
My mother said (of her weavings) that the smaller ones FED the bigger work. Now I do this, too. When the big woven work feels too overwhelming to work on, or I “only have 45 minutes,” I’ll work on a smaller piece and feel the completion satisfaction that propels me to come back tomorrow (or after lunch) and work on the bigger one. Is it dopamine? The completion of a small work kicks in that “I’m a Badass” hormone.
"The completion of a small work kicks in that “I’m a Badass” hormone." Hell yeah!