Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a very long rut? I’ve felt like that for a while now. At first, I thought I wasn’t posting because I was very busy with school. And even though I was, I used that as an excuse to not deal with the rut and look for things to inspire me and to look for more ideas.
I basically had no ideas and no inspiration. It was weird because I was still drawing and I was still doing other things but I just couldn’t think of anything to write about. I mean I’ve been at this blogging thing for a while now and I know consistency is key but how can I guarantee that I will have a constant stream of good ideas every week or every couple of days. I was drowning in the idea that someone like me [a self-proclaimed artist] could be in such a rut. I will lose all my subscribers and no one will read my blog I thought all these things and they may or may not be true but that isn’t the issue.
The thing is that having a platform where you make a commitment makes you constantly need to have new ideas and to follow through with those ideas. The problem with this is that now you are just going to be shelling out any and all ideas without properly vetting which of those are actually good ideas or which ones you need to develop more. Your work becomes sloppy and repetitive because you aren’t reaching your full potential anymore. You are chasing deadlines. If that happens then are you truly an artist? No! Because you are no longer producing good work. I know that sometimes things take some time to be perfect and to be of quality and that is fine.
- Yeah me too.
stuck in a rut?