I've been prone over the years to go into creative consuming frenzies and some of them have yielded good things. But I have found they cloud my judgement. To some degree what I create in that state is rarely as much of a fait complete as I thought during said frenzy. And sometimes is complete garbage.
Hahahha I can relate — the feeling of being in a creative frenzy is often much more exciting than what I create while in that state of mind 😅 Romanticizing the frenzy has also given me the false idea that creative work is something one only does when they feel the "divine spark": Unsurprisingly, this isn't a recipe for frequently sitting down and doing the work.
At the end of term "crit" for one of my painting classes in art school, my prof regaled me with my strengths and weaknesses as an artist/student. On the plus side she said, I was obsessive. Huh. This is all I remember about that conversation, and I've never forgotten it because I still don't know what she meant, haha. I just asked my husband David (P. Smith, below) if I was obsessive. He said "no" right away, but then we started to talk about it. Maybe I am, in certain ways? Maybe everyone is, to a certain degree? I'm not obsessed with pigeons, I'll tell you that much.
The pigeons thing is unbelievably odd — I'm glad I don't have that particular obsession! Though I know what it's like to get absorbed in a task to the exclusion of everything else, for better and worse. Obsession is a double-edged sword!
I've been prone over the years to go into creative consuming frenzies and some of them have yielded good things. But I have found they cloud my judgement. To some degree what I create in that state is rarely as much of a fait complete as I thought during said frenzy. And sometimes is complete garbage.
Hahahha I can relate — the feeling of being in a creative frenzy is often much more exciting than what I create while in that state of mind 😅 Romanticizing the frenzy has also given me the false idea that creative work is something one only does when they feel the "divine spark": Unsurprisingly, this isn't a recipe for frequently sitting down and doing the work.
This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the piece
At the end of term "crit" for one of my painting classes in art school, my prof regaled me with my strengths and weaknesses as an artist/student. On the plus side she said, I was obsessive. Huh. This is all I remember about that conversation, and I've never forgotten it because I still don't know what she meant, haha. I just asked my husband David (P. Smith, below) if I was obsessive. He said "no" right away, but then we started to talk about it. Maybe I am, in certain ways? Maybe everyone is, to a certain degree? I'm not obsessed with pigeons, I'll tell you that much.
The pigeons thing is unbelievably odd — I'm glad I don't have that particular obsession! Though I know what it's like to get absorbed in a task to the exclusion of everything else, for better and worse. Obsession is a double-edged sword!
I do think it's good to be absorbed for sure. But that's different than obsession I think.