Sidelined

The Flu sidelined me last week. It was like getting hit hard and being out of it, and sleeping through it. Kind of like the physical equivalent to a creative dry spell.  I intended to post everyday in March something amount woman artists. I will get back to it and make up for lost time. But for now the topic is: The dreaded Creative Dry Spell and recovering from it.

There is no use trying,” said Alice. “One can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — Lewis Carroll



The key question isn’t “What fosters creativity?” But it is why in God’s name isn’t everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle if anybody created anything.” — Abraham Maslow