Hi everyone. I'm Ben and I am a painter.
First off, I wanted to tell you all that Moncton and New Brunswick were at the helm of my artistic inspirations before my heart took a wrong turn somewhere and parked itself in a deep lot far below the ground. In the past one and a half years, I have felt like my art has no meaning and my once shining intensity adopted an emptyness that has led to a creative block in which I haven't been able to climb out of for what seems like an eternity.
I don't mean to dump this first post on you all like a ton of bricks, but it comes from the heart.
Have any of you artists out here ever had a creative block before? If so, did you find it difficult?...even painful at times?
It saddens me to think that I may never feel like pouring all of my emotion back into my work once again, and I'm hoping that some of you might have some advice for one who has a yearning to create with an honest spirit of the hand one more time.
First off..Welcome To moncton net....
Secondly..What happened the caused you to block off your expressive side???Are you aware of it?
Most people that are expressive through some form of art or writing have these moments in the life where everytime the place their hand near paper or try to place their thoughts on paper..nothing is released. The thing with people that have these talents is it is uasually an expression of ourselves or current lives....Our Diaries to our soul you might say
Think back to your earliest memory of expressing yourself this way and try to remember what inspired you...
Then think of what gives you the greatest peace....most times when we try to do something so hard..our brain won't allow it to come through..Once we relax and stop thinking...for no reason..It appears to us
For myself it is a walk in the park and just looking around...or just being outseide in general...
Find out what makes you relax and just go do it.....
Good luck..It will come back to you..and when it does it will be in waves!!
Thank you so much for responding. I do hope it returns. I want so badly to revive the art in me.
Maybe a series of personal tradgedies may have played a role in this, but I remember working through those times and even shortly after for awhile. The work was not my favourite (ha...I say that alot to myself...)
I think I miss the utter euphorea I would experience when painting the most. The thoughts and ideas would hit me like a meteor shower. It was a high that nothing in this world could rival. I know the rest of the work is just as important, but that act of creation, the door of passion being kicked off the hinges of my soul is the most difficult part of this process for me.
Thank you once again. The support means alot.
It will come back to you..trust me...even though you don't know me..I am not saying it will be tomorrow or even soon...But it will happen
You have a passion and fire in you that will never die...Just needs time to breath and grow again,,,
Wow. My favourite piece? I just can't pick one. I wish that I could. I think the reason why is because every one of the works that I have completed all have a an emotioanl tie to them. Very much a timeline of events in my life. So, as far as picking one that is more precious than the other, I just feel I am unable to do so.
But I did realize that I am talking about my work in this thread, and beleive it or not, it has made a difference as to how I am feeling about it just in the past day or so. I may be awhile off before I pick the brush up again, but this is really comforting in a way chatting with you folks about the difficulties I have been experiencing in the creative deprtament.
It's such a bummer.
Feel free to use us anytime for release..We maybe a crazy bunch that fight like brothers and sisters..But we do support and listen..My hope for you today is that you get a lil spark ignigted in you...
Tell me..What normally would have inspired you and set your creative juices flowing??