Painter and printmaker
Recorded · The Creative Independent · 2017
I think once an artist or musician reaches a certain level of mastery, you can just do it on autopilot.
The Creative Independent
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4 questions, 159 answers to them so far. Every one of them is asked here as itself, with the format it came from on the page. Nobody answers as anybody else.
What do you do when you feel creatively stuck?
Japanese singer and musician
Recorded · The Creative Independent
I always want to feel fresh when I do something. If I don’t have that excited feeling, it’s impossible to move people, and that’s the most important thing for me.
American poet
Recorded · The Creative Independent
For sure. I think that’s why I also work in other mediums. Sometimes I have the urge to make something.
Every question in this set
- Do you rely more on inspiration or discipline to make your work? 27
- How do you tell when a piece of work is done? 67
- What do you do when you feel creatively stuck? 63
- How do you balance creative work with everything else in your life? 2
The number is how many answers are on the record here. A dash means nobody has answered it yet, which is an opening rather than a gap.