Should have. Would have. Could have. These phrases do little to enhance motivation or inspiration. Yet at times, we get caught up in this barrier to productivity. Other times, the blank sheet of paper can seem so ominous. The latter was my biggest problem in college. I also had performance anxiety. I could not paint or draw with others around. This led to an enormous waste of studio time. Our studio classes were 3 hours long. I often left with nothing done at all. One of my instructors gave us helpful advice about overcoming "The Block" know to all artists and writers at some time in their lives (unfortunately). One of his best suggestions was to always carry around a sketchpad. In the sketch pad should be any art related thought which came to mind. Therefore, if you have a fleeting thought about drawing or painting butterflies dancing in the wind you should write it down in your sketchbook. In fact, he asked us to take class notes in our sketch books. A brilliant idea for ideas. However, I have never followed through with this other than taking the class notes in my sketch book. I bet I still have them, somewhere. It is a great idea, though, and I think I will start doing that.
At one point in time, I had an acquaintenance that called me his muse. I was not sure what to think of that. At the time, my life was kind of tragic. It did not seem to me that anyone could grab any kind of inspiration out of my life. Later on, I found out he was a preacher. I have never had a muse.
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