OK, so this blog carnival will get me blogging at least once a month. This month's question was a hard one for me, the question is: How do I jump start my creativity? Well, this is a difficult question to answer because I have trouble viewing myself as a creative person. I know, I'm not kidding, people say I'm creative, which I do agree with to a certain degree, but I think of myself more as a methodical researcher instead, a problem solver, which I guess is creative. So I would have to say that my answer is the following: Artists are visual people, so I expose myself to as much "eye candy" as possible. I find that traveling has helped a great deal, to see different landscapes, styles, galleries, even food. When I'm working it takes a long time for creativity to kick in, and it usually peaks about 10PM. I allow myself to be OK with the fact that nothing creative happens for me in the morning hours. And lastly, I need real candy, preferrably chocolate. I don't drink or use drugs, so what else is there? oh yeah, I love herb tea (only the gourmet blends) not common grocery store brands-yuk! This gets me through the day and makes work fun, which in turn leads to creative ideas.
Speaking of eye candy, the fabric bracelet pictured is a sneak peak of a project from my new book "Felt Fabric and Fiber Jewelry" which is available by pre-order on Amazon. The book should be available soon.
Here are the links to read everyone else's answers:
Lora Hart
Elaine Luther
Kirsten Skiles
Marco Fleseri
Angela Crispin
Tamra Gentry
Chris Parry
Lorrene Davis
